Supreme Court Weighs State Identity-Fraud Charges Against Immigrant Job Seekers

Court considers whether states can prosecute identity fraud by undocumented immigrants seeking jobs

The justices considered an appeal by the state of Kansas, which obtained convictions against three restaurant workers for using other people’s social security

numbers on forms given to their employers. The state Supreme Court threw out the convictions, saying the prosecutions were pre-empted by a provision of federal...

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