She Has Documents; Just Not Hers

7/27/25 CBS channel 2:

"BOISE, Idaho — Lina Marcela Ospina Isaza, a 24-year-old from Bucaramanga, Colombia, has been sentenced to time served, approximately two months, for the false use of a Social Security number, Acting U.S. Attorney Justin D. Whatcott announced. U.S. District Court Judge Amanda K. Brailsford waived the fine and special assessment due to Isaza’s likely deportation. Isaza pleaded guilty on June 10, 2025....

"Isaza provided an address in Massachusetts and was instructed to update her address with the Department of Homeland Security within five days if she moved. Instead, she relocated to Boise, where she purchased a fraudulent Social Security card and a fraudulent legal permanent resident card. She presented both to a Boise hotel in April 2024 to obtain employment and signed an I-9 form containing the fraudulent Social Security card number. She later changed jobs, using the same fraudulent Social Security card to secure new employment at a downtown Boise hotel in May 2024."

Not such a victim now, is she?

What happens when an illegal alien uses someone else's number?  IRS, if they do their job well, as they did for us several years ago, figures it out.  If not your taxes rise because of the wages you did not receive but upon which you still owe income taxes.   I suspect this will not be a major financial problem but lots of time talking to IRS resolving this will not be pleasant.

Something encouraging in the article:

"For employers, the Department of Homeland Security increased civil penalties for Immigration Reform and Control Act violations on January 2, 2025. The new civil penalty for knowingly hiring, recruiting, referring, or retaining unauthorized aliens was increased to a maximum fine of $5,724 per unauthorized alien for a first offense and up to $28,619 per unauthorized alien for a third or subsequent offense."

Leftists like to complain that employers are not punished for breaking the law.  It sounds like they can be.  I am not sure if they are being sued or not. If they are, the costs should encourage more care in hiring.