Posted on 10/03/2005 6:41:52 PM PDT by GarySpFc
Nearly 159,000 immigrants whose visas will expire in the next five years will continue working illegally in the United States, federal investigators say.
That would cost the government money in unjustified Social Security payments. It would aggravate the overall illegal-immigration burden, which Congress is now closer to confronting again. And it could threaten homeland security, investigators warn.
"Unauthorized work by immigrants ... weakens Social Security numbers' integrity and may require that the agency pay future benefits to these individuals," Social Security investigators note in their new report. Moreover, "they may obtain employment in sensitive areas."
But the latest evidence about "visa-overstay" immigrants does more than fuel congressional action. Unintentionally, Social Security's investigators also reveal one secret behind the numbers flying around the immigration debate:
There may be less to them than meets the eye.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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