MIAMI, Florida — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil denaturalization complaint against Phillipe Bien-Amie, also known as Jean Philippe Janvier, for allegedly using fraudulent identities to obtain U.S. citizenship.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Miami, accuses the 2006 naturalized citizen of entering the U.S. illegally with a “photo-switched” passport and later using a sham marriage to secure permanent residency. Bien-Amie, a native of Haiti, allegedly continued to live in the U.S. under a false identity after being ordered to return to Haiti in 2001, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division emphasized the administration’s stance against immigration fraud, stating, “This Administration will not permit fraudsters and tricksters who cheat their way to the gift of U.S. citizenship.”…