Re: Why am I insensitive or racist if I find this wrong?
I think you would be surprised just how much identity theft and fraud is used among the illegal alien population. And the IRS refuses to report or inform the people who's identities are stolen that their SSN's are being used in multiple places.
Center for Immigration Studies ~ Illegal, but Not Undocumented
I do agree however that e-verify should be mandatory, that the IRS should be made to inform people when their SSN's are being used in multiple places, and that companies should be fined heavily with non-compliance.
I wouldn't put stock in source. Look at this claim:
Illegal, but Not Undocumented | Center for Immigration Studies
Children are prime targets. In Arizona, it is estimated that over one million children are victims of identity theft. In Utah, 1,626 companies were found to be paying wages to the SSNs of children on public assistance under the age of 13. These individuals suffer very real and very serious consequences in their lives.
There are about 1,500,000 kids in Arizona (
US census). That would mean that according to that source anywhere from 60% to 70% of Arizona's kids would be victims of identity theft. All that ID theft an no action by either the state or federal government?
Now read this one:
Employers must do their part. They can ensure that they have a legal workforce by using a combination of the federal government’s E-Verify and Social Security Number Verification Service systems and by signing up for the federal government’s IMAGE program or privately conducted audits.
And then read this one:
The Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service facilitate illegal immigrant-driven identity theft. Both turn a blind eye to massive SSN fraud and take no action to stop it. The Social Security Administration assigns SSNs to new-born infants that are being used illegally. The IRS demands that victims pay taxes on wages earned by illegal aliens using their stolen SSNs, while taking no action to stop the identity theft.
The E-Verify program was created BY the DHS AND the IRS, so they are basically stating that even though they are pushing employers to sign up for a program created by the IRS, the IRS isn't doing enough to stop illegal immigration! Well,
what exactly is the IRS supposed to do? Send armed law enforcement agents to employers who won't comply with the law? Create a report button a-la-debate politics? Then the nonstop calls of Big Brother from Libertarians would
never stop. In short, it's damned if you do for the IRS, damned if you don't. If they create a system that essentially made it impossible to hire illegal immigrants, they'd be forced to
1) Make E-Verify mandatory for all employers, which would raise the cost of hiring itself -and would be attacked by small business owners and Democrats.
2) Send employees to check on ALL businesses (remember, most illegal immigrants work for small business owners) and require even more funding than today. This sounds great until you remember that the GOP wants to gut the IRS and in some cases even shut it down.
3) Consolidate 3 agencies into one: ICE, IRS and SSA and create a single agency with the power to tax, deal with immigration and SS. That would make the heads of most 17 year old Libertarians explode. As much as I like it, it's still unfeasible.
So... what is the IRS supposed to do according to the CIS?