Witness the Catastrophic Results of Identity Theft by Illegal Immigrants

AMAC Newsline ^ | 24 Nov, 2025 | Charles C. W. Cooke

[MtnClimber]

I bet this is much more common than we believe.

[Liz]

Call Congress
US Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
Call the White House
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
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Or send a letter to the White House

[VeniVidiVici]

Couldn’t believe this NYT headline. They should be ashamed

[rlmorel]

I read this article the other day. It boiled my blood. Absolutely made me angry, especially the part about the church, the pastor, the parishioners, who all stood up for the illegal criminal.

They should all be forced to suffer the same way the guy suffered who had his identity stolen. All of them.

Unbelievably shameful that people would support this person.

[Vaduz]

America was great until the democrat party came along.

[anton]

Had a friend who’s kid lost his scholarship because some illegal had his SSN already enrolled.

[butlerweave]

The democrat encouraged Identity Theft by Illegal Aliens

[Liz]

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[dinodino]

A lesser version happened to me years ago.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Couldn’t believe this NYT headline.””

????

[asinclair]

I was a victim of identity theft. To determine if there were any ill effects from that theft, I asked the IRS to tell me if there was a second person using my Social Security number. (The Social Security Administration flat told me they couldn't tell me; I haven't seen any additions to my earning record, which is how SSA said to answer the question.)

The IRS took three years to finally give me an answer: "no."

The data breaches at credit report firms caused me to lock down my reports at all four (!) credit reporting firms. (The Big Three plus one minor player.) This blocked all attempts at credit fraud, so far. I check my credit reports regularly, to catch any gremlins.

Don't want to make it easy for ne'er-do-wells.

[packagingguy]

I had a private investigator see if there was any negative, false info on me during a lawsuit.

He found five people with Spanish names working with my SSN.

[texas booster]

If you are over 62, please plan on filing a tax return.

Even is not required to do so.

I am working a dozen identity theft cases (most elderly). Three more came in last week, all elderly.

You can not believe what a PITA it is to get the IRS to listen (at least under the Biden administration).

These are uploaded en masse, maybe from overseas and info stolen from the Dark Web.

A total time waster for which we get no credit.

The Times’ headline is “Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.”

It is a lie.

[Twotone]

Trying to call gov’t agencies & expect help is a waste of time. He should’ve called his senator & congressman for help.

[eyeamok]

Homeland Security and the IRS can STOP this in a minute. After my wife got her green card and brand new social security number, I filed my Taxes with her on it and was almost immediately contacted by the IRS asking for proof the number was hers. I sent them the paperwork showing it was a brand new nu,mber and Homeland Security did too. The IRS ORDERED all of the Credit Agencies to DELETE the File and establish a new on with my wifes info.

They can do this if they want to

[Antoninus]

This story is an outrage. Beyond the identity theft that was allowed to happen (and would never have happened if we had reasonable immigration enforcement), Dan Kluver opted to pay the IRS for taxes that were not applicable to him? Was there no tax lawyer or accounting agency that could have figured this out for him?

[goodnesswins]

May I ask what minor credit agency are you referring to?

[utax]

Good ole Trans Union:

Got a letter from them a few months ago:

“We are writing to make you aware of a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to some of your personal data that was stored on a third-party application, Importantly, no credit information was accessed.”

“We regret any concern caused by this incident and take seriously the responsibility to help secure consumer information.”

The kicker - “The info was limited to specific data elements and did not include credit reports or core credit information. In your case, the information involved included your SSN and DOB.”

So, appartently, SSN and DOB are NOT considered core credit information?

[ghost of nixon]

makes me want to “obtain” the SSN of this NYT writer and start handing it out to any one “in need”