Immigrant denied U.S. re-entry after lawyer’s alleged fraud sues in Seattle

Nora Murillo, a 46-year-old mother of three U.S. citizen children, spent six months in Aguascalientes caring for her father with cancer before attempting to re-enter Seattle, where she has lived for 27 years. At the airport, CBP agents placed her in a holding room and told her her green-card application had been denied after she missed an immigration-court hearing she never received notice of. Murillo says her VAWA petition, filed by attorney Alexandra Lozano—known as “the Miracle Lawyer”—contained false or exaggerated claims, and that the law firm never asked for supporting evidence.

Following the incident, Lozano surrendered her bar license and shut down her office, prompting multiple class-action suits that allege the firm misled clients and collected large fees. Murillo is among the first plaintiffs in a Seattle federal court case seeking to recover the $15,000 she paid and to expose the alleged misconduct. She now lives in Mexico, searching for work while hoping her lawsuit will prevent similar exploitation.