SSI Islander

April 30, 2018

Letters and Opinions

Dear editor,

The recent news of federal immigration authorities arresting illegal aliens in Glynn should produce state charges as well.

Pro-enforcement voters can watch to see if Glynn and Camden County authorities will prosecute the same illegals for the additional violation of state law designed to protect us from identity theft. We hear that a well-known landscaping company that operates in both Glynn and Camden several home construction job sites have lost some black market labor because of the recent raids. We hope it is true.

“OCGA 16-9-121.1 (a)

A person commits the offense of aggravated identity fraud when he or she willfully and fraudulently uses any counterfeit or fictitious identifying information concerning a real, fictitious, or deceased person with intent to use such counterfeit or fictitious identifying information for the purpose of obtaining employment.”

One of the reasons that the silly “undocumented worker” term used as a substitute for the legal and accurate “illegal alien” contained in state and federal law is so mindless is that it is nearly impossible to get a regular job without some kind of ID documents. Illegal aliens have documents, but they are either stolen or fake.

To be legally employed, all job applicants must complete paper work called an “I-9 form” on which they enter ID info and provide corresponding documents. Legitimate workers have no problem doing this.

Illegal aliens must violate the above state law to be hired. Employers are required to keep the I-9 form on file.

If any of the illegal aliens in question were hired after July 1, 2011 when the state law above became effective, they would be in violation of the aggravated identity theft law. It is easy to investigate and difficult to understand if it isn’t.

D.A. King

Marietta

King is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society

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