My amendment tears down the wall that prevents the sharing of existing information among Government agencies. It permits the Commissioner of Social Security to share information with the Secretary of Homeland Security. where such information is likely to assist in discovering identity theft. Social Security number misuse or violations of immigration law. This is going to help small businesses such as construction businesses. farmers. ranchers. drywall businesses. horticulture and landscape companies and many more. Specifically. this amendment requires the Commissioner to inform the Secretary of Homeland Security. upon discovery of a Social Security account number being used with multiple names. or where an Individual has more than one person reporting earnings for him or her during a single tax year. It seems logical that we would already be doing this. but we are not. In the meantime. identity theft is plaguing innocent victims all across the country. We were reminded of the pervasiveness of this problem by the recent raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of six Swift and Company meatpacking plants across the country on December 12. 2006. In total. agents apprehended 1.282 illegal alien workers on administrative immigration violations. Of these. 65 have also been charged with criminal violations related to identity theft or other violations. Unfortunately. for the victimsthat is the victims of identity theftby the time the identity theft is discovered. the damage has already been done.
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