article_snippet: Illegal immigrants and thieves are taking advantage, according to the SSA's Office of Inspector General.
article_snippet: Former the Social Security Administration Secretary Janet Napolitano launched the 'E-Verify' system in 2011, which screens out illegal immigrants during hiring, but some have been using still-valid SSNs belonging to dead Americans .
article_snippet: Are illegal immigrants using their SSNs to get jobs?'
article_snippet: Indeed, 'thousands of the SSNs could have been used to commit identity fraud,' the IG's report concludes. '
article_snippet: We obtained information indicating a man opened bank accounts using several different Social Security numbers,' according to the IG, which said two of them belonged to people born in 1869 and 1893.'
article_snippet: And between 2008 and 2011, employers trying to screen out illegal immigrants during hiring submitted 4,024 'E-Verify' requests to the federal government representing 3,873 people who used SSNs that belonged to people born before June 16, 1901.
highlights_snippet: Employers submitted thousands of 'E-Verify' requests when job-seekers – possibly illegal immigrants – used the numbers of dead people when .
  