Sylvia Velazquez’s shrine to the Virgin Mary in her South Los Angeles home was once adorned with a mug, pencils and an agenda from Alexandra Lozano’s law firm — an image of Lozano’s long, blond hair, her signature red lipstick and her wide smile stamped on the branded merchandise.
The 57-year-old Mexican immigrant often prayed to the holy figure, asking her to protect Lozano, a famed immigration lawyer whom she had paid $15,000 to help her get a U.S. visa.
“When I signed my contract with Lozano, I got home and I cried to my virgencita,” said Velazquez, who works as a hairdresser out of her home. “This woman seemed like a good person who could help me.”
Sylvia Velazquez says immigration attorney Alexandra Lozano “seemed like a good person who could help me.”
It all felt like divine intervention, she said, until a few months ago when the Washington State Bar…
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