‘The employment of illegal aliens incentivizes dangerous and illegal practices, including social security fraud,’ the department said in the statement. ‘As we saw during a recent worksite operation in Nebraska, many illegal aliens use stolen social security numbers and identities to unlawfully obtain wages, health benefits and employment authorization. Behind every stolen social security number uncovered [in] these operations is a real American — mothers, fathers, students, and disabled workers — now facing devastating financial, emotional, and legal fallout.’”
I know this is true first hand. My mother's SS# was stolen and used to file a tax return by an illegal in another state. We still have not completely straightened it all out with the IRS. Her SS# is locked. The IRS is supposed to send a code each year to unlock it. During the Rona, they stopped sending the code. That's been going on for about 5 years now. So not only can't someone else file a return using her number, a good thing, but she can't either because she doesn't have that code, a bad thing. She doesn't work any more, but I am unable to declare her as a dependent on my return since she lives with me. IRS is incompetent. No one simply knows how to send us the damn number.
This is a huge problem and Americans have been suffering in silence over this. Employers are hiring illegals and not suffering any consequences for doing so. Instead, Americans continue to pay the consequences of the actions of these employers that continue hiring people that simply don't belong here. I don't want to hear about how their businesses will fail if they suddenly don't have cheap labor. There are mechanisms already in place that will allow these people to be given work permits to work in the US for a period of time - then they go home. These people should not be allowed to plant roots here without a legal process to do so.
I know this is true first hand. My mother's SS# was stolen and used to file a tax return by an illegal in another state. We still have not completely straightened it all out with the IRS. Her SS# is locked. The IRS is supposed to send a code each year to unlock it. During the Rona, they stopped sending the code. That's been going on for about 5 years now. So not only can't someone else file a return using her number, a good thing, but she can't either because she doesn't have that code, a bad thing. She doesn't work any more, but I am unable to declare her as a dependent on my return since she lives with me. IRS is incompetent. No one simply knows how to send us the damn number.
This is a huge problem and Americans have been suffering in silence over this. Employers are hiring illegals and not suffering any consequences for doing so. Instead, Americans continue to pay the consequences of the actions of these employers that continue hiring people that simply don't belong here. I don't want to hear about how their businesses will fail if they suddenly don't have cheap labor. There are mechanisms already in place that will allow these people to be given work permits to work in the US for a period of time - then they go home. These people should not be allowed to plant roots here without a legal process to do so.