[BigKahuna]

Illegal immigration, in and of itself, isn't the so-called "victim-less crime" that the left and its army of immigration lawyers and advocates claim it to be. For one, a lot of these illegals use stolen Social Security numbers and other information taken from law-abiding citizens, whose own lives suffer in a myriad of ways, including wrecked credit and arrest warrants being issued against them in really bad cases where the offending illegal goes totally off the reservation. And it's crazy that we as a nation put up with this sort of behavior in any way, shape or form.

Also, as the last paragraph in the excerpted article points out, there's a reason why we don't see more employers who hire and pay these illegals being perp-walked in front of the TV cameras ("Pour encourager les autres" ;-). Why, it's almost as if we passed a bunch of laws that make it easy for companies and businesses to hire illegal aliens and then not be held accountable if or when they're busted doing so. But that couldn't be, right? Right, guys? Ummm... guys?

[gattaca]

Your assessment is right on target.

[McGavin999]

If they would pass E-Verify it would help to cut down on employers claiming to “not know” they were hiring illegals.

[moovova]

“You can’t arrest me...I’m masticating!”

[moovova]

Others may know...

When an illegal uses a stolen SS number to get a job, how do they cash paychecks? Seems like they’d need an ID “package” to set up a bank account to pass the checks thru. Or maybe they use a check cashing service? Between taxes paid (then never get back) and check-cashing fees, the illegal’s paycheck must be pretty ground down by the time they get any remaining cash in hand. It almost seems like money laundering.

[eyeamok]

It took this Bloomberg reporter six years to unscrew the damage done to him by an illegal using his social security number

Only because our own Government Agencies ALLOW it. They can FIX ID Theft quickly and easily: When my Wife got her Green Card and NEW SS #, we quickly found out that she was a 45 yr old Mexican Man in Northern California, mortgage, taxes, the whole enchilada. DHS and SS sent Letters to every Credit Reporting Agency notifying them the previous account with this SS number was fraudulent and ordered them to CLOSE them and Open New Ones with the correct Information, my Wife's.