Social Security Checks Called 'Silent Raid' On Illegals

Salt Lake Tribune ^ | July 14, 2002 | Dawn House

[mrsmith]

"The Social Security Administration has no enforcement powers, and it cannot share information with the Immigration and Naturalization Service "

I assume that will be corrected in any new proposal.

[tanknetter]

Fifty dollars! Wow, that is draconian. Employers must be really shaking in their boots over the prospect of a $50 fine. No wonder the crackdown is so "silent."

I think that there's another way of looking at it. Chances are that a business that fabricates false SocSec numbers for illegal alien employees is doing other fraudulent cr*p as well.

The IRS is the new version of the Spanish Inquistion -- you don't want them to even notice you, let alone be inclined to pull on the latex gloves for the old financial anal exam.

That $50 may be small, but it does serve as a warning that "SURPRISE!!! You're now on the IRS's radar ... better start practicing grabbing your ankles from a standing position."

At the very least, even if a business ISN'T doing anything illegal, the costs of working through an audit that results in exoneration would push that $50 higher by a magnitude or few.

[ChildOfThe60s]

But I'm sure it's good for national security that we have more unemployed Mexicans

No, what would be good for national security would be if the illegal mexicans (employed or not) were escorted out and the borders secured.

They are here illegally. That is what is relevant. Not what jobs they are doing, not what they are paid for said jobs. I don't give a crap if employers have to pay double to have tomatos harvested by US citizens, with consumers in turn paying higher prices. That is not the issue.

Economic arguments are straw men. Border security and US law are the issues here.

[Plutarch]

Wow, a thread from 2002, how did you come across it?

[RobbyS]

It is enough to get their attention. Suppose you run a lawn service and you have 18 illegals working for you. It serves as a warning that the screws are being tightened.

[null and void]

Whatever happened to the investigation of the DMV employee who was selling license's to Arab illegals and was found fried to a crisp in her car?

Katherine Smith ping

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The pass gave him access to the buildings' sprinkler systems.

I bet he "fixed" them real good...

Treason is not too strong a word.

[Lancey Howard]

"a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration"

Like "gay marriage", "illegal immigration" is an impossibility. I love the way these scumbags roll that self-contradictory phrase off their tongues as if it has meaning.