August 24, 2006
Buying identities lets illegal aliens escape detection

Dallas Morning News

Five times a week, a Mexican-born illegal immigrant switches to a false identity and heads for a job slicing cherry tomatoes and artfully arranging arugula for Dallas lunch crowds.

His boss calls him José, the name on his Social Security card. But unlike the cards used by many illegal immigrants, his belongs to a real person.

"My documents are originales," says the man, emphasizing originales. He bought the Social Security card and birth certificate of a U.S. citizen for $600.

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Posted by tyne at August 24, 2006
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