The Supreme Court is deciding if people who make up Social Security numbers should be punished more severely when those numbers actually belong to someone. Some prosecutors say this is I.D. theft, others argue that point. DP
By ADAM LIPTAK and JULIA PRESTON
WASHINGTON — A federal identity-theft law that has become a favorite tool of the government in immigration prosecutions appeared imperiled on Wednesday after the Supreme Court heard arguments about it.
Prosecutors have relied on the law to seek or threaten two-year sentence extensions in immigration cases against people who used fake Social Security numbers that turned out to belong to real people.
“There’s a basic problem here,” said Justice John Paul Stevens. “You get an extra two years if it just so happens that the number you picked out of the air belonged to somebody else.”
Other justices also expressed skepticism about the government’s interpretation of the law.
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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America WAS built by Immigrants. In fact, right now on this day America has 14 million Green Card Carrying IMMIGRANTS still in our work force, even though 11 million LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS have lost their jobs. No one is saying those 14 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS should have to leave, saying they should lose their jobs.
Now, let us deal with Illegal Aliens who are not IMMIGRANTS, but are criminals. Seven million illegal alien criminals have jobs in the American Economy while 11 million law abiding legal American citizens are out of work. Making E Verify the law for every employer would put (over night) 4 million illegal aliens out of work and put 4 million Americans back to work.
That is reality, that is truth...now, explain to me why wanting Illegal Alien criminals deported HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IMMIGRANTS and our immigration laws which ARE THE MOST GENEROUS IN THE WORLD.
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