How Illegal Immigration and Government Failure Fuel Identity Theft

Samuel King Jr., Wikimedia Commons

This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire

By James Varney

More than a million Americans may unwittingly hold second jobs – because that work is being performed by an illegal alien using their stolen social security number.

News of the identity theft can come as a rude shock to citizens like the Minnesota factory worker who had crushing tax bills because of a thrice-deported illegal immigrant in Missouri who was working under his name for years.