The Latest Immigration Crackdown May Be Fake Social Security Numbers
Article publisher:
NPR
Article date:
31 March 2019
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
The Social Security Administration may be the latest front in the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
The agency is reviving the controversial practice of sending "no match" letters to businesses across the country, notifying them when an employee's Social Security number doesn't match up with official records....
But these no-match letters are expected to set off alarm bells. That's what happened when they arrived in the mail back in the mid-2000s....
"If an employee is using a stolen Social Security number, we think it's important for relevant people to know," said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates for lower levels of immigration. Stein says he has no sympathy for undocumented immigrants who are using fake Social Security numbers to work or for employers who have been looking the other way.
"Illegal immigration is ultimately everybody's problem," Stein said. "And one of the reasons why we've seen it blow out of control in the last 30-some years is because employers have not been willing to do their fair share in ensuring that American jobs go to American workers."...
CAIRCO Note
This is an excellent step towards serious enforcement of America's immigration laws. The next requisite step is to fully implement e-Verify. If illegal aliens are not able to work in America, they will stop sending remittances back to their families in their home countries. Ultimately, illegal aliens will return to their home countries to reunite with their families.