Detained refugee family allegedly defrauded by immigration consultant to be deported
A family on the brink of deportation allege they were scammed by an immigration consultant. As they await a return to Colombia and violent threats on their life, some are saying the government needs to crack down on shady consultants.
Yajhana Ponce was walking down the street in the northern Colombian city of Valledupar when she saw a man pull a gun. Ponce turned to her cousin, who told her run and hide. Slipping into a nearby house, Ponce looked through a window just as her cousin was gunned down.
“She witnessed it,” said Ponce's husband Luis Vanegas from an immigration detention centre in Surrey, B.C.