Illegal Immigration and Identity Theft

About half the nation’s 2.1 million civilian federal employees are working “routinely” or “situationally” in remote capacities, more than double the number of teleworkers before pandemic, which House Republicans say has fostered long waits and inadequate services at federal agencies across the country, such as at this Social Security Administration office in downtown Los Angeles. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—One impact of illegal immigration that is rarely publicized is that of identity theft.

Credit scores are shot, mortgages are turned down, a child is unable to get into college, or an individual is ineligible for assistance—there are many forms of identity theft, and many ways it can impact a person.