The US government has started a new policy to stop fraud in the asylum system. This policy will fine lawyers who file false asylum claims for immigrants.

A top lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security, James Percival, said that this move will put people who commit fraud 'on notice'.

Last month, the government said that lawyers who file false asylum claims will be fined. This is a new step to stop fraud in the system.

On Tuesday, the government fined a lawyer over $255,000 for filing false claims for Indian immigrants. The lawyer had filed many false claims.

There is a big problem with fraud involving foreign students and 'phantom employees'.

A US Border Patrol agent is leading a group of women to a van as they wait to apply for asylum in San Diego.

ICE said that the days of lawyers abusing the immigration system are over.

The Department of Homeland Security said that a lawyer named Vinod Doddamani filed 64 false documents for Indian immigrants.

The government is taking action against lawyers who file false asylum claims.

Doddamani has a practice that files asylum applications for mostly Indian immigrants. He filed declarations that were almost identical.

A news organization tried to contact Doddamani for a comment.

A woman was caught running a visa fraud scheme and posing as an immigration officer.

James Percival is the General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security.

The fines are part of a new directive to stop lawyers from filing false asylum claims.

Percival said that immigration lawyers often claim that every illegal alien will be persecuted in their home country.

Now, ICE lawyers have more power to stop the abuse of the asylum system.

Percival said that false asylum claims are a threat to Americans and delay the removal of dangerous criminals.

The US Customs and Border Protection is celebrating a milestone and wants to hire more workers.

Many migrants have claimed asylum at the US southern border.

For a long time, immigration lawyers have not been held to the same standards as other lawyers.

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Percival said that under President Trump, the abuse of the immigration system will no longer be tolerated.

ICE is seeking a fine of over $250,000 from a lawyer who engaged in fraud. This sends a message to other lawyers who commit fraud.

Peter Pinedo is a writer for Fox News Digital.