[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 14 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 11, 1994]
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                STOP ILLEGAL ALIEN SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD

  (Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, two employees of the Social 
Security Administration in my home State of New Jersey were recently 
convicted of selling Social Security cards to more than 20 illegal 
aliens. For their crimes, one defendant was sentenced to just 7 months 
in prison, the other received just 3 months.
  This is a classic case of the punishment not fitting the crime. While 
the illegal aliens paid only $100 for the Social Security cards, the 
cost to American taxpayers was far greater. That is why I recently 
introduced legislation which would increase the penalty for providing 
an illegal alien with a Social Security card. My bill would create a 
mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to stop illegal aliens from robbing the 
American people of both their jobs and their hard earned tax dollars. I 
urge my colleagues to join me in this effort.

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