Isaac R. Baichu, a former USCIS immigration officer in New York City, has pleaded guilty to coercing a foreign national spouse of a U.S. Citizen with threats of denying her green card application and deporting her family members. Mr. Baichu, who is 48, told the 22 year old Columbian spouse that he would deny her marriage green card if she did not perform sexual acts with him.
Luckily, the Colombian applicant recorded the conversation and presented the evidence to law enforcement.
In a further sign of bureaucratic silliness, the USCIS has decided to only start reviewing the nearly 8000 cases that Mr. Baichu adjudicated now that he has pleaded guilty. Why the USCIS did not start reviewing those cases in 2007 (when Mr. Baichu was caught) boggles the mind. The fact that the Colombian victim in this case has also not had her green card approved yet.