Q&A for How to Report Illegal Immigrants

If you are absolutely certain that the person is overstaying his visa, it is up to you to decide whether to report him.

Yes, you may report him. All you need is his address and name and what he is doing. Using someone else's social security number is fraud.

Yes, you can. Marriage in itself does not guarantee proper work/residence status for aliens unless they apply under a set of rules and get accepted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Remove yourself from that situation to someplace safe and anonymously report your spouse's illegal status and crimes.

You can report him to ICE using the steps listed in the article above, make sure that you divorce him first, though.

Yes. It is illegal to lie when requesting political asylum. Feel free to share as much information as you have with USCIS.

Call ICE again and make sure to mention that he is a repeat offender. If he/she is violent or has a violent history, notify local authorities.

Report them the way you would with any other violent offender. Go to the police and report the violence. The police will conduct a background check, and they will figure out that they are an illegal by themselves.

Yes. Most illegals that are here and want to work use TIN numbers to work and pay taxes. These immigrants are mostly known as "overstayed visa immigrants." The TIN number alone does not give someone the authority to be in the United States.

Report him to ICE using the steps listed in the article above, but they will only deport him if he is an illegal immigrant.

If someone is using a fake social security number, then report them to the Social Security Administration .

In the US you cannot hold multiple marriage certificates, so their marriage is not legally recognized. He can still bring her over if she has an immigrant visa, regardless of their marriage status.

Follow the ICE process. It matters not whether an illegal alien has fathered a child or not. That gives him no legal right to be present in a country where he is not a citizen. His lack of morality is further good evidence that deportation is appropriate and needed.

Can you prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the payment was for just getting the papers, and not intended to pay for the marriage ceremony, renting a bigger apartment, and subscribing to WSJ? If you are certain that the couple got married to get around U.S. immigration law, you are free to report them to the authorities. This is not a moral issue but a matter of personal convenience, is it worth your time to get involved in other people's affairs? In any case, I'd recommend faxing in your report over calling the 1-800 number.

If you know where he is, then tell ICE and the police about it, since they will probably be looking for him.

Yes, they would be. They have to stay in the U.S. for a certain amount of time with a green card, and they can only permanently stay after they get citizenship.

What's moral is subjective and depends mostly on your own values. Do you care more about being kind and not causing people unnecessary trouble, or about a law whose breaking doesn't hurt anybody? Would you rather stay out of other people's business or interfere in it? These are factors to consider. You can report them if you feel strongly compelled to do so, but you have no obligation to report them and most people in your position would not. If you report them, they will get arrested and may eventually get deported.

Report them to the police just like you would any other crime.

I would first contact the owner whose signature was forged. Given the gravity of the situation, the owner will probably take action if your allegation is true. Besides, he/she would know for certain whether the signature was indeed forged.

You can, but I would recommend that you only target illegal immigrants with criminal records. It's best to leave the people who work alone.

The IRS is not responsible for SSNs; that falls under the jurisdiction of the social security administration. Follow the directions on How to Report Identity Theft to Social Security for help with stolen SSNs.

Just because they don't have a passport does not mean that they are here illegally. If that is all the evidence you have, I wouldn't assume anything.

You can report them by using the overseas phone number for ICE listed in Part 2 Step 2.

You can go to court to enforce the child support; contact your divorce lawyer for help. As for the green card, it is up to the Department of State to enforce the rules around it, so it's best to leave it to them.

If you are married, then yes, it is perfectly legal. If you are divorced, then it depends on the divorce settlement.

You can contact ICE or USCIS if you are certain she is here illegally. Marrying a citizen does not automatically make someone a citizen, permanent resident, or even a legal immigrant. Keep in mind that the wife may be in the process of becoming legal through the proper channels, and thus would already be on ICE/USCIS's radar.

If you wish to report them, this is valid evidence. However, you are not legally obligated to report them. Choose to do so or not based on your morals and personal beliefs.

You're under no obligation to report immigrants. It depends on your beliefs whether you believe this is a victimless crime or not, but it's technically illegal and in that sense people may feel obligated to report them. If they are not harming others and you wish to leave them alone, then that's fine as well, and you are under no legal obligation to report them.

If she has a visa, then she won't get deported unless she commits a serious crime, because she is here legally.

You can call the police and file a noise complaint, but you can't assume that he is here illegally.