Speech #1090179807

It gives social security benefits for illegal work or stolen identities. Why does this matter? Ask my constituentLaurie Beerswho had her Social Security number stolen by an illegal immigrant. Laurie is a hardworking hospice nurse who is constantly traveling. Recently. after Laurie learned that her information had been stolen and misused she did all of the right thingscontacted the Federal Trade Commission to report the identity theft. called the identity theft hotline. contacted the three credit bureaus to obtain copies of her credit report. contacted the FBI and the Secret Service to report this breach of trust. In response. Laurie received letters confirming she was a victim of identity theft. When she contacted the Internal Revenue Service. she was told that the man using her Social Security number is an illegal immigrant. After talking to the FBI and the Secret Service. they confirmed that the person is an illegal immigrant. And this illegal immigrant has been working for an employer in New York and has even been filing income tax returns on Lauries Social Security number. Laurie is understandably upset that the IRS has known for 3 years that someone else has been using her social security number but did nothing to notify her or to stop the theft of her identity. Unfortunately. the employerAdeccowill not cooperate with Laurie.