Letter re Illegal Immigration Crackdown

Letter printed in the Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2007

The first time I tried filing my taxes online, I discovered that the Social Security Administration had the wrong year of birth in my records. It took several months and phone calls to get it straightened out. The implications were minor at the time, but under these new Bush administration rules, my employer would be required to fire me for such a discrepancy. Considering the bang-up job this administration has done with foreseeing the consequences of its harebrained schemes, it's not surprising that it doesn't see the forced firing of citizens as a problem.

Chad Jones
Granada Hills