Immigrant workers who give bad Social Security numbers are not simple, innocent victims. The employers to which these numbers are given collect them so that the worker's wage's may be accurately reported to the IRS for collection of taxes. The employer becomes the target of the IRS when this happens and is suspected by the IRS of fraud unless and until a good-faith showing is made. This is not anecdotal; this is personal experience. Immigrant's rights are important in a land where all of our rights have come under assault. But giving amnesty to workers who pass bogus Social Security numbers is no answer; the burden-of-proof for collection of taxes on that reported income and for the immediate suspicion against the employer of underreporting gross income by hiring "fake" workers falls on the employer. writing help A system of work permits or visas that also taps into the Social Security reporting system will solve the problem for both worker and employer.