In Colorado, state officials and the Sheriff have used confidential tax documents to arrest people for illegally using social security numbers that did not belong to them.  This is commonly done by undocumented aliens to enable them to work without them realizing they were appropriating a particular person’s social security number. The American Civil Liberties [...]

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The Supreme Court of the U.S. heard arguments Wednesday February 25, 2009 about the degree of blame of an illegal immigrant who gave an employer a false social security card. The immigrant did not know the social security number belonged to a specific person.  Immigrants who number in the millions do this to be able [...]

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An action against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to compel the issuance of regulations for detention centers was recently commenced in Federal Court in Manhattan, N.Y.  The Government has been charged with detaining thousands of immigrants in substandard and inconsistent living condition, with inattention to proper medical care and even abuse while the DHS [...]

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An immigration officer has the power to arrest if he believes there is probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe that a person is in violation of the law and is likely to escape before a judicial warrant can be obtained. If a person is arrested he/she should insist on speaking to a lawyer. A [...]

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Governor Spitzer of New York had offered driver’s licenses to qualified but undocumented aliens to begin on December 1, 2007. This plan would have made the State aware of all drivers in New York. The roads would be safer and drivers would have had to identify themselves for liability insurance. Regrettably, Governor Spitzer receded from [...]

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