Immigration crackdown raises identity-theft risk

HEMET, Calif (Reuters) – In 2008, California tax authorities sent Miguel Chavez a letter saying he failed to file a return on income earned at Ashley Furniture Industries. But Chavez never worked there.

Chavez since discovered at least 12 occasions when people used his name and Social Security number to get work, and his plight may be a cautionary tale.

Employers, increasingly double-checking would-be workers because of a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration, may inadvertently be fanning demand for stolen documents -- with all the consequences that befall victims of identity theft, from tax and credit problems to trouble with the law.

"People who are here without status and are desperate to work have resorted to co-opting documents that are legitimate," said Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney and a former federal prosecutor.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110512/us_nm/us_immigration

At least, that what I've been told numerous time on DU when I bring up this aspect to illegal immigration. That leads me to believe this entire story is bullshit, the writer has an agenda, and he was probably funded by the Koch brothers

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