On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:33:43 +0000, crg14624
wrote:
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>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:04:50 +0000, crg14624
>> wrote:
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>> >> On 9 Sep 2004 11:01:08 -0700, heyimjustcurious@yahoo.com (curious)
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >codyVA wrote in message
>> >> >news:<34$253262$1650863$1094711475@britishexpats.com>...
>> >> >> > The people at the border are generally looking for three types
>> >> >> > of
>> >> >> > violators. Terrorists, smugglers, and illegal aliens.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > You're high up on their list of priorities.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> thanks everyone, my hypothetical case has been solved. I bet we
>> >> >> helped a
>> >> >> lot of people to realize not to work illigaly and even more, not
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> keep
>> >> >> any records :)
>> >> >I think that most people who work illegally get paid in cash and
>> >> >those
>> >> >who gets check (in case the employer turns a blind eye) do not
>> >> >deposit
>> >> >these checks into their bank account.
>> >> If they get paid in cash, why do they get phoney SS numbers?
>> >> >I used to wonder why people would go to grocery store t cash their
>> >> >paychecks.
>> >They need the phoney SSN for credit cards, mortgages, medicaid, and
>> >sometimes for drivers licenses.
>>
>> But they don't use the SSNs for their pay? Just everything else?
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>Some of them use it for their pay as well. The IRS just wants
>the money.
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>I recall a guy whose mother told him he was born in Colorado and gave
>him a social security card stamped into a piece of metal with his name
>on it. These metal cards were common, people could order them from
>private companies I believe. The guy was working, married, owned a
>home, and was voting. He went to claim a social security benefit and
>the social security investigators came and arrested him. It turned out
>he was a Canadian and didn't even know it. The immigration judge
>allowed him voluntary departure and he moved back to Canada with his US
>citizen wife.
>
>If the government really wanted to round these people up, they could
>start filling buses with them. They leave paper trails and are very
>easy to catch and locate.
You'll get no argument to that. The problem is the sheer numbers. The
only solution I see is to put extremely harsh penalties on employers
of illegals so that the risk becomes sufficiently higher than the
benefit.
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