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"Elena Maria Lopez"

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Not to be confused with the more common version of  “Maria Elena”

Bio / Background

See "About Elena" page for additional information.

Elena Maria Lopez is an immigration fraud victim turned whistleblower.  Her whistleblowing led to federal indictments,  congressional investigations, and U.S. Senate hearings in 2011 and 2017.  She uncovered national security cases tied to immigration loopholes sought by the FBI and the White House.    


She's also a former political journalist and financial writer.


Elena Maria Lopez was  almost killed by her Dutch husband after she sponsored him into the  United States.  He admitted marrying her for a green card, then attacked  and terrorized her to keep her quiet. 

To keep her safe, the State of  New Jersey put her in hiding.

The Department of Homeland Security warned  he was "dangerous," but refused to enforce his fraudulent immigration  status despite his extensive criminal activities. Instead, the DHS illegally gave Lopez's sensitive personal information to media organizations and dumped it on the Internet.

As a whistleblower, she uncovered national security cases tied to immigration loopholes. The FBI sought them from her in 2016; She twice presented the cases at White House meetings in 2018.

Lopez first warned congressional leaders of the loopholes in 2006 and the national security clusters starting in 2012.   Lawmakers not only refused to close the temporary loopholes responsible – which allow foreigners to bypass background checks, hide national-security threats, waive criminal activities, and get fast-tracked citizenship – but made them permanent law in 2013. Since then, congress, the courts and successive presidents have expanded such loopholes.

Lopez  testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about her own case in 2017. 


Elena's Case

Feds Protect Foreign Criminal; American Forced into Hiding

... Green Card Given to Man the DHS Deemed "Dangerous" 

Elena's Case

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (2017)

Lead witness for immigration fraud hearings; Testified about personal case; Long-time whistleblower working with Senate and House leadership. 

2017 Senate Testimony (Video: C-SPAN)
2017 Senate Testimony (Written)
2017 Senate Full Hearing Page

Other Cases Documented at Senate Hearings

Jamal Hussain, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (2017)

"... my fiancée indicated that she did not need me any more to get her green card and boasted that she can get it quicker in other ways. I thought she was joking ... During this time, my family in Pakistan has been harassed and threatened by her father and brothers. One of her brothers threatened to kidnap my niece.."

- Dr. Jamal Hussain; Naturalized U.S. citizen defrauded by Pakistani fiancée  (U.S. Senate hearing, 2017)

2017 Senate Testimony (Written)
2017 Senate Full Hearing Page

Julie Poner, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (2011)

"... my husband became abusive toward our children and threatened to take them back to the Czech Republic if I did not sponsor him for his green card ... Facing deportation for marriage fraud, a charge leveled by the federal government, my husband, a former professional hockey player, at 6’2” tall and over 200 lbs., self petitioned as a battered and abused spouse."​


- Julie Poner on her Czech husband claiming abuse to halt his pending deportation: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, 2011

2011 Senate Testimony (Written)

"Abuse of VAWA" Op-Ed, Julie Poner, 2018

"The Abuse of VAWA: How False Accusations of Abuse Facilitate Fraud and Garner Green Cards"

(Julie Poner's 2018 Townhall  opinion piece)

"Abuse of VAWA" Opinion Piece

Additional Cases for Media & Government Officials Upon Request

Quick Primer: Immigration Fraud

See ImmigrationFraud.com for additional information. 

  • fake identities
  • fake documents
  • forged documents
  • hiding criminal activities
  • fraudulent work visas (H class visas)
  • bigamy
  • sham marriages & marriage fraud
  • falsely claiming crime-victim status (U visa; T visa)
  • falsely claiming domestic-violence status (Violence Against Women Act - VAWA)
  • falsely claiming asylum/refugee status (asylum fraud)
  • investor fraud (EB-5)


America's political, economic, racial and ethnic diversity is represented within its immigration fraud victims. 


They are people of color, Latinos, multi-racial, LGBTQ,  first-generation Americans and naturalized U.S. citizens. 


They come from every socioeconomic, educational and political background. 


Interview "Cheat Sheet" - Q & A

A Conversation with Whistleblower Elena Maria Lopez

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Elena Maria Lopez (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, 2017)

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