Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The government gets millions of forms each year from employees whose Social Security numbers don't match government records, leading investigators to call Thursday for more action against employers hiring illegal immigrants.
"Unless and until employers are either required to verify (Social Security numbers) prior to submitting wage reports, or faced with stiff penalties for erroneous wage reports, there is no incentive for employers to do anything differently," the Social Security Administration's inspector general, Patrick O'Carroll, told a group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee.
Posted by Richard at February 17, 2006