U.S. Supreme Court lets states prosecute immigrants for identity theft

Reuters ^ | March 3, 2020 | by Andrew Chung

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday widened the ability of states to use criminal laws against illegal immigrants and other people who do not have work authorization in the United States in a ruling involving identity theft prosecutions in Kansas.

In the decision, the justices upheld the authority of states to prosecute immigrants for identity theft when applying for a job. The court found that Kansas did not unlawfully encroach on federal authority over immigration policy in charging three men accused of using other people’s Social Security numbers.

The justices overturned a 2017 Kansas Supreme Court decision that had voided the convictions of the three restaurant workers, finding that a 1986 federal law called the Immigration Reform and Control Act did not prevent states from pursuing such prosecutions.

Though immigration-related employment fraud is a federal matter, Kansas contended that its prosecutions were not immigration-related and did not conflict with federal immigration law. Kansas had argued that a ruling in favor of the immigrants would undermine its ability to combat the growing problem of identity theft.

[Sgt_Schultze]

They should have permitted individuals compromised by identity theft from illegals to pursue the states where the perp was protected, as an accomplice.

[LIConFem]

Hard to believe there was ever even a question...

[Sgt_Schultze]

Suing in federal courts, of course.

[Liz]

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[Zathras]

30 years too late but at least its finally been reviewed.
Americans are loosing homes to these vermin on society.

[ptsal]

The employer should be in the cross-hairs tool.

[samtheman]

Somebody argued that they shouldn’t be able to?

[faithhopecharity]

A state needs to prosecute Obama for using a stolen sociable insecurity card , etc to establish his “American” identity

[Mouton]

You beat me to it. Yes, they are coconspirators.

[Bonemaker]

I wish I could personally "prosecute" the son-of-a-bitch who ripped my debit card yesterday.😎

[datura]

So now let’s prosecute illegals for use of Social Security numbers that do not belong to them!!!

Instead, the SSA gives them CREDIT for the years they used someone else’s number!!!!

[kiryandil]

ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, GORSUCH, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which GORSUCH, J., joined.

BREYER, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which GINSBURG, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., joined.

Of course, the Scum Left on the Court was agin enforcing the law.

[I want the USA back]

The mad skillfully prevented the public from seeing the connection between illegal immigration, and identity theft.

They not only come here illegally, take our tax dollars, but go right into our savings accounts and take what they want. With the blessing of democrats.

[wildcard_redneck]

What a dumb-ass political establishment that we have that something this simple has to be decide at the Supreme Court level. If the Supremely Stupid Court has decided the other way then illegal aliens would have been untouchable at the state and local level for any arrest or prosecution.

[READINABLUESTATE]

I read the headline and immediately thought of Ilhan Omar.

[ModelBreaker]

“Hard to believe there was ever even a question...”

^^THIS^^

If it had ruled the other way, that means everyone except illegals could be prosecuted for identity theft.

[Beagle8U]

“The employer should be in the cross-hairs tool.”

If the illegals had ID to get the job what did the employer do wrong?

The STATES that give illegals ID should be fined for the damages that illegals do.

[Tennessee Nana]

Oh what fun !!!

[READINABLUESTATE]

I read the headline and immediately thought of Ilhan Omar.