Guest-Worker Program (aka Amnesty) a Boon To Forgers? But I Thought….

This USA Today piece (HT Debbie Schlussel) indicates just that:

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are beefing up efforts to stop immigration fraud partly out of concern that proposals before Congress could create a boon for document forgers.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has created 10 anti-fraud task forces across the nation in addition to the existing unit in Washington, D.C. The task forces have opened 250 probes since they began work in April, says Special Agent Scott Weber, chief of identity and benefit fraud for ICE.

The rising concern over immigration fraud comes as Congress considers a plan to give many of the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants a chance to stay legally as guest workers or residents, depending on how long they have lived and worked here. A new law could increase demand for documentation among immigrants seeking to prove their length of residency.

Immigration fraud is “a problem of epidemic proportions,” says ICE Assistant Secretary Julie Myers. “There’s no question it will be a tremendous increase in workload.”

I thought the biometric ID card would solve all of this (of course it won’t).

Y’know, if you’re all going to snooker us on the illegal-immigration issue, you’re going to have to start coordinating your dissembling a little better.

I also like how the press is creating a bit of a hope/expectation that some kind of guest-worker (aka amnesty) program will pass. Not if John Boehner and the House have anything to do with it (crossing fingers).

Here’s my idea for ICE Princess Julie Myers: Keep the task forces going even if there is no guest-worker program passed this year. And to all those watching over the ICE Princess: Let us know if she starts taking down the forces if we’re lucky enough to avoid the aka amnesty program before this year’s elections.
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UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has a post on the “matricula consular card” that supposedly ensures that illegals aliens are who they say they are. Her three-word reax, with examples supplied: “Ha ha ha.”