By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
DETROIT — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent is accused of a pay-to-stay immigration scheme.
Clifton L. Divers, 48, of Detroit, has been charged with bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, the Detroit News reports.
Divers, who also is a local attorney, is accused of providing deferrals of deportation and other immigration benefits for non-citizens in exchange for free legal services and more than $5,000.
Divers has been charged with conspiring to impair, obstruct and defeat the lawful function of Homeland Security by dishonest means. In addition, he has been charged with destruction and falsification of records to obstruction an official investigation by the Office of Inspector General of Homeland Security.
Divers is accused of committing the crimes between 2009 and 2015.
If convicted, he faces between five and 20 years behind bars.
