Immigrants Pretending to be Cuban to Gain Citizenship

REGIME. >> HERE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: WE WEREN'T SHOWING THIS MAN'S FACE BECAUSE HE SAYS HE FEARS FOR HIS LIFE. SO DESPERATE THIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT BELIEVED IN A MAN WHO SAID HE COULD BECOME AMERICAN BY PRETENDING TO BE CUBAN. >> THEY CLAIM FALSE CITIZENSHIP TO GET THE BENEFITS OF THE FAST TRACK TO NATURALIZATION. >> Reporter: THEY GET MEDICAL, FOOD STAMPS, EVEN A GREEN CARD AFTER JUST A YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES. THREE YEARS FASTER THAN MOST OTHER IMMIGRANTS. >> HE SAID BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER WAS A CUBAN, MAYBE HE CAN COME IN CUBA. >> Reporter: HE GOT HIS NAME ON A CUBAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE. IT WORKED. YOU THOUGHT THIS IS GREAT. I'M LEGAL. >> YEAH, I'M LEGAL. I RECEIVED A GREEN CARD. >> Reporter: HE STARTED A BUSINESS. GOT MARRIED. BUILT AN AMERICAN LIFE. BUT FOUR YEARS LATER IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT BEGAN A CRACK DOWN. >> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CORRESPOND TO THE BOOK AND PAGE IN CUBA WHERE THEIR BIRTH IS RECORDED. >> Reporter: IMMIGRATION AGENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT'S NOT REAL. SHE SAYS THEY NOTICED A SPIKE IN CUBAN APPLICATIONS AND FOUND AN UNDERGROUND WORLD OF BOTH FAKE AND SMUGGLED CUBAN BIRTH CERTIFICATES. >> IN SOME CASES THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL COACH PEOPLE ON WHAT TO SAY. >> Reporter: LIKE THIS MAN. AN UNDERCOVER AGENT CAUGHT HIM ON CAMERA COACHING POTENTIAL IMMIGRANTS. [ SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: YOU ARE CUBAN. HE IS NOW IN FEDERAL PRISON CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION FRAUD. HE EVEN TOLD CLIENTS HE WAS AN IMMIGRATION AGENT WHO WOULD HELP THEM WITH THEIR ASYLUM INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEWS MEANT TO CATCH IMPOSTER BY LISTENING FOR THE DISTINCT CUBAN ACCENT. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU REALLY SUNBURNED AND DROP YOU OFF IN THE WATER AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO RESCUE YOU. >> Reporter: HE IS A MIAMI IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY WHO HAS REPRESENTED MANY CAUGHT UP IN THIS SCAM. >> THIS IS A DESPERATION ACT. IT IS NEVER A GOOD THING TO PRESENT FRAUDULENT PAPERS. THEY LOSE EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: THE IMMIGRANT WE INTRODUCED TO YOU IN THE BEGINNING WOULD PROBABLY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR AMNESTY UNDER OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION REFORM. NOT NOW WITH A FRAUD MARK ON HIS RECORD. >> THEY ARE ALL RESIDENTS NOW AND THEY'RE MOVING GUARD TO NATURALIZATION BECAUSE THEY DID THINGS RIGHT. HE DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT AND HE IS PAYING A VERY HEAVY PRICE. >> Reporter: FACING DEPORTATION,