Myrick aims to protect numbers
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
Illegal use would bring alert
TIM FUNK AND LIZ CHANDLER
tfunk@charlotteobserver.comlchandler@charlotteobserver.com
WASHINGTON - Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., said Wednesday she’ll introduce bills requiring the Social Security Administration to notify immigration officials — and any affected legal U.S. resident — whenever more than one person uses a Social Security number.
The legislation, which would also police fake Social Security numbers used by illegal workers and the companies that hire them. It is designed to close a loophole that allows Social Security and the IRS to keep secret mountains of evidence of immigration fraud.
"Millions of Americans had their (Social Security) cards used by illegal aliens," said Myrick, a six-term GOP congresswoman from Charlotte. "But the bureaucrats at the Social Security Administration don’t tell these Americans. Their ID gets stolen and they are left in the dark."
Myrick also plans to introduce a bill to prevent contractors from knowingly employing illegal immigrants on highway and other projects that receive tax money. The project’s federal funding would stop and the contractor wouldn’t be eligible for federal contracts for two years.
Myrick said she was reacting to an investigation by The Charlotte Observer that said possibly several million immigrants here illegally have hijacked Social Security numbers — and that federal agencies alerted none of the victims. (more…)
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