Immigration & Social Security

By listening to radio talk show hosts and watching the 'talking head' pundits on TV you will be fed a very one sided view relating to the great immigration debate.
First let me state that I am an immigrant who had to go through all the legal 'hoops' to obtain first a visa and then US citizenship.
As someone who was in the position to employ workers - I was confronted with an interesting situation. Jaime applied for the position of a warehouse worker. According to the Federal employment requirements he needed two forms of identification. One from column A and then one from column B or C. So he had what looked like a green card and a social security card and number. He was one of our better workers, never missed a days work, after a couple of weeks he purchased a bicycle to get to work on. A few months later he was the proud owner of a small car.
Then we decided to put all our employees on a 401k plan - Guess what? The insurance company ran a check and Jaime had a forged Social Security card & number.
To comply with the law I then had to let Jaime go.
But remember for well over a year he was paying into Social Security, medical and the other mandatory pay role deductions. So his contribution was going into the Social Security coffers without Jaime ever receiving any benefits.
Unfortunately this issue has been so misrepresented by partisan hacks and commentators who have no real knowledge - but the one thing they can do is talk!
Do not get me wrong, I am not pro illegal immigration, but the situation has been allowed to get so out of control I am not not sure how it will ever be fixed. But the one thing that should happen now is that the existing laws should be applied to all potential immigrants.
The 'witch hunt' that continues to separate families, husbands and wives, parents from their children should cease. The majority of these cases target hard working people who actually do contribute to society.