{"id":22181,"date":"2019-11-13T15:28:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T20:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22181"},"modified":"2019-11-13T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T20:28:43","slug":"identity-fraud-illegal-workers-mississippi-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/11\/13\/identity-fraud-illegal-workers-mississippi-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Aliens Detained in Mississippi Raid Used Stolen Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Identity theft is a serious crime that has victimized 33 percent<\/a> of Americans. Unfortunately, it is a significant offense with lasting effects \u2013 about 69 percent<\/a> of victims fear for their financial safety, and 8 percent have even felt suicidal. It is an epidemic that has ruined the lives of countless Americans, yet many people do not realize that illegal aliens are often the perpetrators in this crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the Mississippi raid in August, for example. Out of the 680 removable aliens detained at the processing plants, more than 400<\/a> had used the stolen identities of U.S. citizens to get their jobs, according to Jere Miles, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations. He was a witness at a field hearing about the raid last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Democratic lawmakers, including Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, hosted<\/a> the hearing in Mississippi, and it was during questioning that Miles revealed more than 400 of the removable aliens used stolen Social Security numbers. In addition, six had a history of domestic violence, and one even had a history of committing rape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the\nfact that the raid uncovered a multitude of fraud cases and is still ongoing,\nthe members of Congress used their time to virtue signal to the open-borders\nlobby by criticizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for\nsimply performing their jobs. Lee accused ICE of separating parents from their\nchildren by following through with the raid on the first day of school, but\nconveniently ignored the fact that Illegal immigration is not a victimless\ncrime. U.S. citizens were affected by the actions of these illegal aliens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\nunfortunate that many members of Congress care more about people who shouldn\u2019t\neven be here than the safety of Americans they were elected to serve. If\nlawmakers were actually doing their jobs, it is possible that illegal aliens\ncommitting identity theft would not be as big of an issue as it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2012 and 2016, there were 39 million cases<\/a> of potential identity theft, according to the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI). Additionally, one million children<\/a> have their identities stolen each year, which can result in many having trouble receiving loans or buying houses as adults. While not all of these stolen identities are used by illegal aliens, they are a significant part of the problem. For example, there is a growing number of cases of illegal aliens using<\/a> stolen identities to open bank accounts or to buy cars, ruining the credit of Americans in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, those\nwho support open borders treat the perpetrators as the victims. As the hearing\nshowed, some members of Congress would rather demonize law enforcement than\nactually fix the issues plaguing this nation. Until our elected officials recognize\nthe problem and decide to actually do something, the issue will persist and\nmore innocent people will suffer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Identity theft is a serious crime that has victimized 33 percent of Americans. Unfortunately, it is a significant offense with lasting effects \u2013 about 69 percent of victims fear for their financial safety, and 8 percent have even felt suicidal. It is an epidemic that has ruined the lives of countless Americans, yet many people<\/p>\n

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