In 2006. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials made 1.272 arrests for identity and benefit fraud. While there is no central database for confiscated fraudulent Social Security card statistics. regional illegal document rings illustrate a systemic problem. Last April. Federal agents arrested 23 individuals and broke up an illegal document ring in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. Officials estimated that up to 100 fake Social Security cards were issued each day at the location. According to the Northern Illinois U.S. Attorneys Office. the enterprise netted $3 million per year for a violent Mexicobased crime syndicate. ICE broke up a similar ring in the same neighborhood in December 2005.
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