[theDentist]

I recall when Dukakis was still Governor of Mass, (and driving it into bankruptcy) it was revealed that illegals were applying for various sorts of aid. The forms required SS numbers, and the order from the Governor's office was to "make one up". The Globe called that decision "compassionate". We call it "illegal".

[Capt. Tom]

Soon after the defeat of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election, in which he ran on a platform that emphasized ethics in government, it was discovered that state welfare administrators had been secretly supplying illegal aliens with fraudulent Social Security numbers so that they could receive welfare benefits. It is illegal for agencies other than the Social Security Administration to supply Social Security numbers, and it is also illegal for government agents to fail to report known illegal aliens.