Posted on 07/09/2007 9:43:01 AM PDT by Froufrou
1200 WOAI news has learned that a fast growing racket among illegal immigrants threatens to derail any effort to include a 'tamper proof identification card' into any part of an immigration reform plan.
Officials tell 1200 WOAI news that for between $200 and $800, an illegal immigrant can easily rent the legal documents of a legal U.S. resident.
The illegal rents the Social Security card, U.S. Work Permit, and occasionally even a birth certificate from a U.S. hospital or state drivers license long enough to present them to an employer. If the employer checks them out, they come up legal because they are, in fact, legal.
Adelina Pruneda of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who agreed to speak about the general problem of identity abuse among illegals, says it is a growing worry.
"The criminal organization sells a Social Security card along with a drivers license and a green car, all together, and they charge anywhere between $200 and $600 depending on the authenticity of the entire document."
Officials tell 1200 WOAI news that for the purposes of employment, the illegal simply continues to use the name on the rented documents, which is usually a Latin American name. The renter then moves on to another city or another neighborhood so there is seldom any conflict between the two identities.
One police officer familiar with the scam told 1200 WOAI news it is almost impossible for law enforcement to catch on unless the illegal commits another crime, like drunk driving, where fingerprints might be compared.
"If this guy lives a righteous life, and never has any reason to be fingerprinted, there is no way we can ever catch him," the officer said.
If a U.S. birth certificate is included in the rented documents, the illegal could obtain a U.S. passport, although it is impossible to tell whether that has occurred.
Pruneda says the employer would never have any reason to suspect fraud.
"It wasn't a fake Social Security number, it was a real Social Security number, it just didn't belong to that person," Pruneda says.
She says ICE and other agencies are doing what they can to explain to employers the intracies of document fraud.
"We are constantly working with all different companies to make sure they have an idea of what to look out for," she said.
This growing problem could cause serious complications for efforts to include a 'temper proof' i.d. card as part of immigration reform.
“More good news...”
Even better news is that the goobers in the gooberment can check for social security payments being credited from two places to the same account at the same time.
If the business posting the payment is in another town - GOTCHA, JORGE ! ! !
Bttt!
No, I wouldn't. But if, on the other hand, you just so happen to have made about 25 simliar "mistakes" with your employees, claiming that they all had these 'masterpiece, genuine-appearing' green cards, then I'd fine your business a nice, big, fat fine; one that hurts. Then I'd warn you that if there is a similar situation in the future the fine will be ten times heavier. We are dealing with a national security problem, it shouldn't be taken lightly. If the business has any doubts whatsoever about the man seeking employment with them, they could simply notify INS or ICE for verification of that man. If the government agency fails fails to act on their request, then the business should be protected from prosecution.
Anyway, the real point in all of this is that once the businesses who hire these folks feel that the government might be coming down on them hard, they will begin to police themselves and will scrutinize the ID of prospective employees more closely. I cannot believe that business owners all over America are being "duped" by 20 million illegals with fake cards. That' pure b.s.
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