The Charlotte Observer
North Carolina -- llegal immigrants, using Social Security numbers that are fake, stolen or belong to dead people, have been paid tax dollars to build N.C. roads.
An Observer investigation, involving a small sample of road contractors' 2005 payroll records, found questionable Social Security numbers for one-third of 85 workers.
Illegal workers on N.C. projects might seem self-evident in a state with a booming illegal immigrant population and a growing economy that craves a steady flow of construction workers. But the Observer's findings come amid growing frustration with the flawed immigration system.
Posted by Richard at April 23, 2006