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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Before Filing a Report Request International Parental Child Abduction Make Noise - Make Lots of Noise Researching Illegal Immigration
Before Filing a Report Request I don't think there should be a $10 charge. The service provided by ReportIllegals.com is strictly an optional convenience as anyone is able to do the same using publicly available channels. Anyone not desiring to pay the fee for this convenience is welcome and encouraged to use publicly available channels. Consider too:
What is the difference between filing through publicly available channels and filing with your site? You may report illegal aliens and employers through publicly available channels if you so desire but there are numerous reasons why someone would use ReportIllegals.com rather than going directly to the agencies:
What do I get for $10? The data will be analyzed for determination of which agency should be notified. The data is formatted and spell checked. If a SSN number is provided the number will be verified to the extent possible. Reports may be sent to ICE, CIS, CBP, IRS, SSA, DEA, FBI or occasionally to other federal, state, county and local governmental agencies. Typically the reports are faxed, but may be emailed or mailed. On average, 1.7 report letters are sent per client. The highest number of letters for a report was 5. Copies of the letters are then emailed to the client in PDF format. The client can request a text (HTML) copy if problems with the PDF file are encountered. ReportIllegals.com acts as your advocate in case of an investigation. ReportIllegals.com will try to help by answering questions and providing advice in other areas such as building political pressure for effective immigration enforcement. ReportIllegals.com guarantees that the report will be delivered to the proper governmental agency but does not guarantee action by any agency. Do you ever work with local enforcement agencies? ReportIllegals.com works mainly with federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies and occasionally with state, county and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies. What area does ReportIllegals.com service? The United States including all 50 states and the twelve U.S. Territories and Commonwealths. Government agencies are so swamped that they cannot spend time on reports of a handful of illegal aliens. From a practical point of view is it really worth reporting? That's a good question. Clearly immigration enforcement is inadequate. ReportIllegals.com will not mislead anyone by making unrealistic enforcement promises on reports. ReportIllegals.com does not guarantee that reports will be acted upon. Nevertheless, it is the responsibility of these agencies to enforce the law and follow up on reports that are filed. There have been some successes as a result of filed reports. Some aliens have been deported. Some firms investigated for taxes. Some foreigners have been apprehended upon re-entry. The actual extent of enforcement may be greater but agencies do not provide status so many enforcement actions are unknown to ReportIllegals.com. Frustrated citizens and immigrants (legal by definition) are demanding borders become secured and agencies enforce immigration and labor laws. Reporting illegal activity is one of many actions being taken. As the saying goes, a journey starts with a single step.
If I make a report will you keep my identity anonymous? Yes, you will remain anonymous. You need not reveal your name, address, or email address to file a report. However, if you desire a copy of the completed report(s) you must provide your email address. The credit card processor does not require your name and address, only your credit card number and expiration date. ReportIllegals.com will not disclose your email address to the agencies or to anyone. Even if ReportIllegals.com was aware of your name and address it would not be provided to anyone. It is standard procedure that agencies will not disclose the sources of their intelligence and they would have no information other than the report came from ReportIllegals.com. For additional confidentiality you could create a Hotmail or Yahoo account. Can the illegal subject, if detained or investigated, hire an attorney to find out who filed the report? The identity of the person filing a report is not divulged to the government nor third parties. An attorney for the subject would not be able to obtain the identity of the person submitting the report because the data does not reveal one's identity. If the subject were involved in a hearing it is possible the data submitted could be available to a defense attorney during the discovery process. Can the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) force your company to turn over credit card information to find out who's card it is? FOIA applies only government and they would not have the identity nor the credit card information. However, the government could subpoena any information from ReportIllegals.com in some cases such as a national security threat. See Determining Illegal Activity for the question on terrorist allegations.
Is there a way to check public records to see if someone born in another country but living permanently in the United States is a legal resident or a naturalized citizen? It is difficult for non-law enforcement persons to determine immigration and citizenship status. Law enforcement agents have access to government records and can make an accurate determination. Otherwise, a valid social security number (SSN) is often a reasonably accurate indicator although many illegal aliens use a stolen or counterfeit card or use a pseudo SSN known as ITIN. Although inconclusive, persons who can not return to their home countries because they might not be re-admitted or who do not have proper identification to fly on airplanes may be illegal. I don't want to report someone who is in the process of becoming a citizen of the US. How do I know this person is trying to become a citizen or is lying to me? Prior to citizenship (naturalization) one must be a Legal Permanent Resident. If one can provide a Legal Permanent Resident card (AKA green card or resident alien card) then they are entitled to work. If they have a visa there may be restrictions on working. If they do not have a valid SSN then they are not entitled to work. What should I do if I suspect an illegal alien has ties to terrorist groups? Terrorist allegations are related to national security and are a sensitive matter. If you are confident about your information you are urged to contact Department of Homeland Security directly. If you decide to report terrorist allegations via ReportIllegals.com you can expect an email from ReportIllegals.com warning you of the consequences of false terrorist allegations. If an email address is not provided and the allegations are general and not detailed, ReportIllegals.com may refuse to process the report. Federal law enforcement agents appreciate valid information regarding terrorism. However, they do prosecute those providing blatantly false information dealing with terrorism. Under the Patriot Act the Department of Homeland Security can subpoena ReportIllegals.com to determine the originator of a terrorist allegation. ReportIllegals.com would likely have to co-operate with a legitimate subpoena, but would resist if the subpoena were deemed illegitimate. Many of the powers under the Patriot Act, such as giving subpoena power to law enforcement instead of judges, are controversial and legally untested. If you believe your information to be valid then Department of Homeland Security should be notified. If you are not confident of the data then perhaps the report should not be submitted. She said she came her illegally. Then she said, she was just playing around. I think she is illegal alien. Can you tell me what to look for on the cards she has. Are they real or fake? Persons not in law enforcement will probably find it difficult to ascertain authenticity. The fakes look quite real. The most reliable method to determine authenticity is to verify the document against a database of valid documents which are generally only available to agency personnel. If you have a naturalization card what does it mean? Naturalization is when one becomes a citizen. Is a naturalization card a work permit? Yes. All native-born citizens, naturalized citizens and Legal Permanent Residents (Legal Permanent Residents = green card holders = immigrants) may work without restrictions. Are naturalization records part of the public record? No, naturalization records are not generally publicly available, at least not on-line. A young man in my home whose visa expired will not return to his home country. He moved out of my home and into my daughter's home. They have had to call the police on him at least once for causing trouble. How can I get him sent home? You have a tough problem no doubt. You can consider a filing by ReportIllegals.com which will at least inform the government of this young man's illegal residency. You should continue to report disturbances to local police. About 10-15 characters live behind me in a large home where there is a lot of traffic from pick-up trucks. They play loud booming bass music. I don't have their names or where they work. Will that be a problem as to how to report them? To report their illegal immigration status to federal authorities through ReportIllegals.com, names would be beneficial as ICE would not likely investigate suspected illegal aliens who are not named. Similar situations are happening all over the US. Consider reporting over-crowding violations to city or county zoning authorities. You will likely have to get tough with local zoning officials as they often minimize such problems by claiming that they can not verify renters are not relatives of the lessee. I know an alien who has tourist visa and he comes in USA every year to work. I don't know his family name, but I know when he is going to arrive in the US. Also, he is going to stay illegally after his six month visa expires. I know where he works and where he is going to stay. Can I report this alien? Working on a tourist visa would be a reportable violation. The complete name is really needed for an effective report. If you had a complete name, date and location of expected illegal entry, a report to CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) could prevent re-entry. ReportIllegals.com has had some success preventing re-entry which is easier for the agencies than dealing with deportation proceedings. How is it that a green card holder can receive Medicare, Medicaid, live in another country 4 to 5 months of the year, buy real estate in their country with US money? 'Green card holder' is the old term for Legal Permanent Resident. Legal Permanent Residents enjoy all the benefits of citizenship except they can not be President and are not supposed to vote. Can an illegal immigrant own property in US? Yes, illegal aliens can own property in the US. In the past, lack of financing kept the number small but now the government has allowed and is promoting financing for illegal aliens.
I want to hire someone to work for me but I'm afraid the person is an illegal alien. Can you help me to verify this? The Social Security Administration offers a free employee verification service. You will need to provide the SSN of the prospective employee, the name of the prospective employee and the Federal ID number of the firm that will hire the person. The service verifies the SSNs for up to 10 employees. Call 800-772-6270. However, be aware that is illegal to ask a prospective employee before being hired if they are legal. See www.illegalaliens.us/employmentverification.htm for additional information. I applied for a job for which I feel I was qualified. They refused to hire me only because I didn't speak Spanish. This other girl which I know for a fact is an illegal worker got the job. I am very mad about this situation and I don't know what to do. This place has been hiring illegal personnel so they can pay whatever they want to pay. Please let me know if I can report this or make some kind of report. Yes, this would be a reportable illegal activity so you could file a report. Unfortunately your situation is very common. This is an intolerable situation and you have our sincere sympathy for losing the job that you deserve. A petition has been circulating throughout the employees at the plant where I work asking for signatures to do away with the union. The majority of votes were signed from those without legal status. Is there anything I can do to find out if the illegal aliens have the right to participate in this petition? This site is not licensed to dispense legal advice, but illegal aliens likely could vote for the petition. You have very little recourse as the Department of Labor will do everything in their power to promote the "rights" of illegal aliens even when detrimental to citizens. Unions are in large part to blame for your plight. You should first look at reforming the unions as the AFL/CIO has sold out the American worker in favor of illegal aliens. The AFL/CIO supports illegal immigration, amnesties for illegal aliens, and just about everything else for illegal aliens. The AFL/CIO and many other unions gave huge financial support to the 2004 Illegal Alien Freedom March. Unions will not earn any sympathy from this site until they first protect American citizens and immigrants (legal by definition)!
I am married to an illegal alien and I believe the marriage was for the purpose of obtaining legal status. What should I do? Marriages are difficult enough, but when immigration status is an incentive, problems do occur. This site has been shocked to find so many cases of Green Card Heartache which is when a marriage that was for obtaining immigration status ends. Victims of Green Card Heartache suffer severe emotional, financial and legal problems as the result of a spouse marrying for immigration status. About 33% of marriages between illegal aliens and citizens are blatantly sham marriages where money is exchanged, the couple does not even live together and may not have even met each other. Of course the politically correct media would never expose such a problem. Marriage for the sole purpose of gaining immigration status is illegal, but an immigration court would look at a number of factors such as whether or not you lived together. You could obtain the services of an attorney to consider divorce or annulment of the marriage and withdrawal of Petition for Alien Relative (Form I-130), if appropriate. I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) Withdrawal :
Further, be aware that spousal abuse allegations are often made by aliens against citizens and Legal Permanent Residents in order to obtain legal residency. Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed by Congress in 1994, allegedly abused spouses and children of United States citizens or Legal Permanent Residents may self-petition to obtain lawful permanent residency. There has been a lot of abuse of the VAWA Act, including many cases reported to this site. The agency that reviews the cases under the VAWA Act, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), is notorious for its low/no standard of proof of abuse. Caution:
My daughter wants to marry a young man who does not have legal residency. I suspect he wants to marry her in order to obtain legal status. What should I do? Marriages are difficult enough, but when immigration status is an incentive, problems do occur. ReportIllegals.com has been shocked to find so many cases of 'Green Card Heartache' which is when a relationship ends after the green card is obtained. Ask your daughter whether this young man is using her to obtain legal status. What will happen after he gets the green card? Will he be gone? If your daughter could somehow suggest that she wants to delay the marriage or not sponsor his residency she might be surprised at how quickly he would be gone. I am married to an illegal alien who is also legally married to someone else. What can be done? Along with marriage fraud, ReportIllegals.com has been shocked to learn of the preponderance of bigamy. This would be a reportable illegal activity that could affect a petition for sponsorship of residency. If you file a report with ReportIllegals.com it is important that you submit copies of the marriage licenses. You may submit the licenses via mail or email. Be sure to include your identifier. Reports will be then filed with the proper authorities, the local police where the alleged bigamist resides. However, the filing of the report by ReportIllegals.com likely will be inadequate because of reluctance of local police to pursue bigamy charges. Advice from the Fighting Bigamy Google Group (below) is to "become a friendly pest to the police department as well as the prosecutor." If you are really serious about pursuing the bigamy, obtain the services of an attorney who can file a complaint along with copies of the marriage licenses to either the local police or district attorney. See Mission impossible: Finding out if someone is married for an in-depth discussion on what should be done and how to do it. Is there a support group and forum for victims of bigamy? Yes, consider joining the Fight Bigamy Google Group. Join for free by clicking below:
International Parental Child Abduction I am divorcing my spouse and fear my spouse might abduct my child out of the country. What can I do? Under Federal and State laws, international parental child abduction is a crime. In fact, the "Protect Act" of 2003 makes attempted international parental child abduction a crime. If your child is the victim of an international parental child abduction, or you fear the possibility of an abduction, visit International Parental Child Abduction and www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01957.htm.
I would like to file a report about these four illegal aliens who live in the same house and work for the same employer, but before I proceed to submit my report I want to know if I need to use one form for each one of them or if I can report all four by using only one single form. Multiple alleged illegal aliens who live at the same residence or who work for the same employer can be entered on one report submission. Can I submit a report in Spanish? ReportIllegals.com does not have the capability to translate from other languages to English. However, if submitted, non-English reports will be processed as effectively as possible. I have additional documents pertinent to the report. What can I do? Documents such as copies of fraudulent Resident Alien cards will be processed at no additional charge if submitted. If you intend to submit additional documents mention the additional documents in the "ReportIllegals.com Information" section of the Form page when entering the report data.
Make sure you specify the identifier used for the report on a separate page. There may be a 4-9 day processing delay for reports with additional documents submitted via mail. Can you report someone by giving the home address of the illegal person? Yes, but the proper full name of the person is generally required for enforcement action. I have only the name of the employer and many of the properties that he is trying to sell/build. He uses many illegal workers and they work 7 days a week. Is this sufficient enough to file the report? Yes. Either the name of the illegal alien or the proper name of the firm is required. More data is better.
Will I get information on the filed report? You will receive via email a copy of each report letter filed. The number of report letters submitted depends on the information within the report. The letters will be in PDF format. Instructions to install the Adobe PDF reader, if not already installed on your computer will be provided. If you are unable to read the letters in PDF format, email to request text (HTML) format of the report letters filed. Will I be informed if the authorities have looked into this report? Status reports are not provided by the governmental agencies. Why hasn't the subject whom I reported been deported? Unfortunately, immigration enforcement is clearly inadequate. Indeed, the lawlessness of America's immigration system is disgusting. ReportIllegals.com does not guarantee that reports will be acted upon. The only guarantee is that the report letters will be sent to the appropriate agency or agencies. ReportIllegals.com provides a service that facilitates communication with government agencies. ReportIllegals.com is not a 'vigilante' group that attempts to enforce the law. We share your frustration with inadequate enforcement so please remember that ReportIllegals.com is on your side and can not be held accountable for non-enforcement of U.S. law. We will strive to advocate enforcement on your behalf whenever the opportunity arises. Generally law enforcement gives priority to aliens with criminal pasts or those involved with drugs, counterfeiting documents, human trafficking, etc. Accurate data such as passport numbers often gives law enforcement something to go on as they have limits on privacy without cause. Nevertheless, it is the responsibility of these agencies to follow up on reports that are filed and to enforce the law. See Make Noise - Make Lots of Noise for actions you can take. In the letter to authorities, can we threaten going to the media locally over this case as it has been lingering for many months after we initially reported this illegal? Attracting media attention is possible but media generally will not consider your problem newsworthy. Sometimes you need a creative way to capture the media attention. Will I be needed to assist in an investigation? Investigation agents sometimes ask for additional information such as verification of current address, vehicle model or whether the subject has weapons. In such a case you would receive an email message from ReportIllegals.com asking you a) to telephone the agency, or b) for additional information. Your co-operation may be important for the case to progress further. If you decide to co-operate you may not even have to reveal your identity, just that you submitted the information on the alleged illegal alien or employer. Agencies would not divulge your identity to the alleged illegal alien or employer. If you are reluctant to communicate with the agency ReportIllegals.com will assist you as your liaison by exchanging messages. The decision whether or not to talk to the agent is strictly your decision but ReportIllegals.com encourages you to communicate with the agency. Neither your email address, nor your name if known to ReportIllegals.com, will ever be divulged without your permission.
Make Noise - Make Lots of Noise What can be done when the agencies will not enforce the law regarding the report that I filed? In general it is a good tactic to make noise - make lots of noise. Consider taking the following actions:
I would like to distribute a ReportIllegals.com flyer so that other concerned citizens could become aware of the easy way to report illegal aliens and illegal employers. Is a flyer available? Yes, concerned citizens previously asked for a ReportIllegals.com flyer that they could distribute. You are welcome to print and distribute this flyer.
Researching Illegal Immigration I am a student. For my employment law course I have to write a research paper on illegal aliens, illegal employers and penalties, etc. Could you please direct me to somewhere that I could get information on this topic? There is a ton of information on the web regarding illegal immigration. The best sites are:
Here is a quick summary of illegal immigration. Bear Stern estimates the illegal alien population to be upwards of 20 million. Approximately 40% of the illegal alien population have expired visas (visa overstayers) and approximately 60% have crossed the border illegally (undocumented aliens). Illegal aliens buy false documents for $150. Illegal aliens with fraudulent IDs are almost never prosecuted. Most federal, state, and local governmental agencies claim enforcement of immigration laws is not their responsibility. Visit www.illegalaliens.us/sanctions.htm and you will see that few employers get penalized. Enforcement of immigration laws is lacking because the will of the government to enforce the laws is lacking. The biggest problem facing immigration reform is the effective but bogus 'racializing' (linking something to race) of immigration enforcement. This is demonstrated when open borders advocates wrongly accuse enforcement advocates of being racist, Klu Klux Klan, etc. The print media is significantly to blame for the illegal immigration crisis because of their prolific use of euphemisms, lies and omissions. Democrat's liberal guilt and Republican's pandering for cheap labor are to blame as well. Borders are porous and must be secured. Interior enforcement could be easy - just penalize employers with SSN mismatches. The law and procedures are already in place --- all that is missing is our government's will to enforce and that must and will change.
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