{"id":21906,"date":"2019-09-11T11:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21906"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:44:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T17:44:43","slug":"e-verify-illegal-workers-workplace-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/09\/11\/e-verify-illegal-workers-workplace-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Holds Key to Illegal Aliens in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Illegal aliens commonly use stolen tax and Social Security documents to fraudulently establish eligibility to work in the United States. From 2012 to 2016, there were 39 million<\/a> instances where names and Social Security numbers on W-2 employee tax forms did not match Social Security records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it was no surprise that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at five Mississippi food-processing plants<\/a> swept up hundreds of illegal aliens holding bogus Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least one of the companies knew its workers used fraudulent Social Security numbers, USA Today<\/a> reported. Payroll records at Pearl River Foods in Carthage, Miss., revealed numerous employees had Social Security numbers that didn’t match the users\u2019 names; several belonged to dead people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reportedly, some workers using stolen identities had been employed illegally for more than 10 years<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These workplace shenanigans \u2013\nalong with the very real economic loss and inconvenience suffered by victims of\nidentity theft \u2013 could have been avoided (or at least alleviated) if the\nfederal government did its job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As David North of the Center for Immigration Studies<\/a> observed: \u201cIllegal aliens file tax returns using the Social Security number they have given to their employers; thus, their claims for their refunds and their W-2s match each other. But they do not match the government’s own Social Security records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll the IRS has to do is to compare\nthe Social Security number on the 1040 tax form with the name in the Social\nSecurity records; if they don\u2019t match, no refund.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress could help out here, too, by requiring employers to use the government\u2019s E-Verify system<\/a> to properly vet job applicants for eligibility to work legally in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alas, partisan politics has stymied even basic accounting practices. Earlier this year, 46 House Democrats<\/a> demanded that the Social Security Administration (SSA) not send Employer Correction Request Notices (\u201cno-match letters\u201d) to businesses where employee W-2 forms do not match SSA records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep.\nJesus Garcia, D-Ill., complained that, \u201cOther than to instill fear, [no-match\nletters are] one more tool to drive the immigrant community into the shadows of\nsociety.\u201d Garcia\u2019s dubious assertion unhelpfully blurs the line between legal\nimmigrants whose interests are protected by no-match letters and illegal aliens\nwho engage in identity fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration<\/a> has finally reversed the Obama administration\u2019s suspension of SSA no-match letters. But fraud will persist as long as the IRS keeps sending money to illegal aliens who game the system with stolen Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counting tax refunds, Earned Income Tax Credits and the Additional Child Tax Credit, North conservatively estimates that more than $8 billion in undeserved payments go to illegal aliens each year. It\u2019s enough to make Al Capone<\/a> blush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line, SSA is dropping the ball when it comes to\nkeeping illegal aliens from fraudulently taking American jobs and fraudulently\nqualifying for public assistance. And the IRS is looking the other way. So who\nis watching the store for hardworking Americans who often go unemployed and\ndon\u2019t qualify for benefits?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Illegal aliens commonly use stolen tax and Social Security documents to fraudulently establish eligibility to work in the United States. From 2012 to 2016, there were 39 million instances where names and Social Security numbers on W-2 employee tax forms did not match Social Security records. So it was no surprise that Immigration and Customs<\/p>\n

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