Illicit use of Social Security info rises: Illegal immigrants affect citizens' credit

Denver Post ^ | April 6, 2003 | Michael Riley

[Nea Wood]

A construction worker who makes $15 an hour

Gee, I thought they only did low-paying dirty work that lazy, selfish Americans don't want to do.

This is like Jesus Apodaca. Illegals are so brazen now, they can give interviews and brag about their status, and absolutely nothing is done to them. They are coming here, devastating the lives of Americans, taking jobs away from Americans, bringing down wages, flooding the schools, the roads, the County hospitals; committing crimes, driving (often drunk or recklessly) without licenses or insurance, causing housing shortages, ruining neighborhoods, and on and on and on. Why the !@#$! are we putting up with this? Illegal immigration benefits only a small group of Americans, while having a devastating impact on almost everyone else. Yet it goes on and on, and nothing is done about it.

[sarcasm]

Why the !@#$! are we putting up with this? Illegal immigration benefits only a small group of Americans, while having a devastating impact on almost everyone else

Campaign contributions and votes.

[Brytani]

That was my second step after contacting the creditor who accepted the loan. Basically, the FTC really doesn't do anything to help people in this situation, they just point you in the directions to get it cleared up.

[William Terrell]

Man, that poem sure shattered my emotionally idyllic Sunday morning. Maybe I'll clean my guns and polish my ammunition.

[FITZ]

Stealing a social security card would get an American citizen jail time. No one would have the audacity to suggest they were good, hard-working people whose only crime is they found loopholes.

I would certainly hope that these felony criminals would never be given any kind of "amnesty", I hope Bush meant it when he said "if they committed no other crimes" and have been responsible other wise ---of course that rules out the majority of illegals. I'd be glad if we just started barring welfare to immigrants and get rid of these committing document theft ---permanently bar them from obtaining legal residency and/or citizenship. Many of these crooks steal several cards to collect welfare using different names and also hold down a job an American would do.

[junta]

This happened to a friend of mine, what a headache to fix.

[FITZ]

"These are probably very hard- working people that are trying to get by. They've found gaps and loops in the system and are trying to get through those gaps and loops," Law's husband, Rich, said of Morales and other immigrants.

If they were so hard working, they'd find a legal way to do things. The reason they steal Social Security numbers and lie about their credentials, is they don't want to have to work hard, they believe they're too good to pick lettuce. They want the jobs that Americans would do.

[Fraulein]

BTTT

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "Illicit use of Social Security info rises: Illegal immigrants affect citizens' credit"

Response: Again evidence that"Our Diversity Is Our Strength."

[ODDITHER]

Just got through auditing a firm and when we checked out the Social security numbers, found 2 that were unassigned(could have been a transposition) and 7 others that were assigned to one person and being used by 4 others. The other four were all relatives of illegal aliens that were sharing it.

The original owner had a last name that was as common as Smith. THe other 4 all had 2 last names, and were something like a mexian smith.

Trouble is, mr. smith will be audited for not reporting all the W-2 information that year.

[mrsmith]

"In 1990, the fund totaled $1.2 billion. By the end of a decade during which America's undocumented immigrant population doubled and the circulation of fake identity documents surged, that fund topped $6 billion. Since illegal immigrants have no right to SSA benefits, the government will pocket most of the money, experts say. "

Six Billion, that's more than I would have thought.