[ndt]

"The only problem I can see is using a “child’s” social security number to open a line of credit."

That is a different issue and clearly would be theft. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that working on a stolen SS# is good, but it is not taking food out of anyones mouth and to try to portray it as such as in the title of the article is just disingenuous.

[Duke Nukum]

Except for the fact that it’s illegal to steal other people’s identities.

I hear most employers keep the SS because if they sent stolen or bogus SS numbers they would draw undue attention to themselves.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Look, if we must have migrant farm workers or if meat packing companies must have low-wage workers, I’m all for anyone from any country coming in on a “Guest” worker visa. My problem is that we are trying to make these “Guests” citizens and giving them benefits for which we will be hard-pressed to pay. The only reason their wages are low now is because the tax payers of America are subsidizing their wages through the welfare system. That takes the burden off the employer to pay a decent wage, since the rest of the low-wage worker’s pay is made up by our tax dollars. Excuse me if I whine.

That starts a revolving door of once a citizen, they will demand the wages most of us require (or they will stay in the welfare system) which will start another round of requirements for low-wage workers.

If they are going to work here doing seasonal or low-wage work as “Guests”, I sure don’t want them exploited by employers who are already exploiting us. When they retire, will they return to their country of origin and live like poshas? I think not. This is not a good way to run a country. No way, no how.

The fact that some Americans seize upon a certain ethnicity or a certain form of breaking the law still doesn’t make the case for this being a not being a raw deal all the way around, and it doesn’t keep me from seeing down the line to where this will lead. I’d rather send aid directly to each illegal in their country of origin. It would be infinitely cheaper and we could all settle down.