Going through the motions in trying to curb illegal immigration

Here is the letter that the Social Security Administration sent to Meg Whitman and her husband.

The real tragedy is the language in this letter. Last year the Social Security Administration sent out 9 million of these letters. How many of these letters were sent to the employers of illegal aliens? My guess is most of them.

But the letter says “This letter does not imply that you or your employee intentionally provided incorrect about the employee’s name or SSN. It is not a basis, in and of itself, for you to take any adverse action against the employee, such as laying off, suspending, or firing, or discriminating against the individual. Any employer that uses the information in this letter to justify taking adverse action against an employee may violate state or federal law and be subject to legal consequences.” In other words, we would never want you to fire an illegal immigrant.

Does the Social Security Administration cooperate at all with the INS? Our government is going through the motions in trying to curb illegal immigration. It would not be that tough for us to actually do something about it. This is really not rocket science.