Illegal immigrants cited in theft of 39 million Social Security numbers

By Paul Bedard

Published September 11, 2018 3:51pm ET

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Illegal immigrants cited in theft of 39 million Social Security numbers — Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementâs (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed criminal search warrants at a North Texas business. HSI also arrested more than 100 company employees on federal immigration violations who were unlawfully working in the United States at the trailer-manufacturing business. | ICE photo.

Nearly 40 million Social Security numbers have been stolen and used by illegal immigrants and others to get work, according to agency records obtained by an immigration reform group.

The Immigration Reform Law Institute said that from 2012 to 2016 there were “39 million instances where names and Social Security numbers on W-2 tax forms did not match the corresponding Social Security records.”

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