Thread: GRRR!-Making the Punishment Fit the Crime

May 6, 2009
Editorial
Making the Punishment Fit the Crime
When illegal immigrants apply for jobs, they sometimes present made-up Social Security numbers. Too often prosecutors charge them with felony identity theft — which outrageously overstates the crime. The Supreme Court has called a halt to the practice, ruling 9 to 0 that federal identity-theft law does not apply.

Ignacio Flores-Figueroa, a Mexican citizen, gave his employer counterfeit papers that contained his real name and another person’s Social Security number. When caught, he was charged not only with improperly entering the United States and misusing immigration documents, but also with aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory two-year prison sentence.

Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the court, relied on a straightforward reading of the identity-theft statute, which requires that the defendant “knowinglyâ€

poor hard working immigrant! He didnt know that he was using fraudulent means to work in thsi country, he simply bought papers.
Shame on you racist Americans!

Originally Posted by alamb

poor hard working immigrant! He didnt know that he was using fraudulent means to work in thsi country, he simply bought papers.
Shame on you racist Americans!

He's an innocent victim.

How about illegal entry, illegal use of government documents, etc...

Anyway, government wants em here to destroy the old america, make a new, third world toilet so they have more power.

Ok so..

I go into a job interview and jobble down random numbers for my SS because Im an illegal immigrant.

I go to court and argue "Hey, I didnt steal anyone's identity - I just randomly threw down some numbers so I can work legally here.

Assuming I wasnt going to keep those numbers for whatever other purposes I wanted - I could get away scotch clean - since my goal was to get a job? 0_o

Last time I checked - If an American citizen wrote down random digits - its called providing false information and YES it is stealing someones identity since your using THERE numbers - rather intentional or not. Now, like I said, lets see Average Joe American try this stunt and see what happens.

Nypheria - Welcome to ALIPAC! Sorry your state is now Tejas.

Nypheria, welcome!
As an Americano, I would have to provide a copy of my SS card and a copy of my driver's license. I would not get the wink-wink treatment illegals get. Now that is what I call discrimination, and I am sure I can figure out a way to throw racism into that mix.