On March 22, President Donald Trump threatened to take new actions against lawyers and law firms that bring immigration lawsuits and cases related against the government that he deems unethical. In a memo directed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Trump said lawyers were helping to fuel "rampant fraud and meritless claims" in the immigration system, and directed the Justice Department to seek sanctions against attorneys for professional misconduct.
Titled "Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court," Trump's memo accused immigration attorneys of "unscrupulous behavior," saying that they frequently "coach clients to conceal their past or lie about their circumstances when asserting their asylum claims."
