Illegal Immigration — No Victimless Crime (Rep. Steve King)

…this is from U.S. Rep Steve King (R) from Iowa:

At the hearing yesterday on the raids in Postville, Iowa the Democrats focused on the stress that the illegal immigrants and their families suffered during the worksite enforcement action and subsequent prosecution. On May 12, 2008 ICE arrested and detained 389 illegal immigrant workers at the Agriprocessors, Inc. plant in Postville. Illegal workers used false identification documents and stolen Social Security Numbers to get their jobs.

Very little attention at yesterday’s hearing was given to the victims of illegal immigration. The FTC estimates that 8.3 million Americans were victims of identity fraud in 2005. And that number is on the rise. American families have had their lives ruined by identity theft. One witness story bears retelling.

Mrs. Costner and her husband were victims of identity theft at the hands of illegal immigrants…The Costners’ stress will never end. They will have to deal with this for the rest of their lives. The Costners had to pay for attorneys while the illegal immigrants were provided criminal defense attorneys, a safe detention center (complete with televisions and recreation and hot meals), and interpreters – all at the taxpayers’ expense….(more)