Black market fake green cards and social security identification are being openly hawked to illegal migrants on the streets of New York City, a report revealed. At least ten men were selling the bogus cards for $80 to $250 while “camped out in broad daylight at four corners along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens,” according to the outlet.
Roy Fenoff, an associate professor at the Department of Criminal Justice at the Citadel, South Carolina, said the documents grant migrants access to almost everything a citizen has. “Once people have these fake cards, they can work, they can travel, they can access a lot of aspects and services in the United States,” he said. “There are people getting these cards that are not here just to get a job, that they have other intentions, and this helps them carry out criminal activity.” Venezuelan migrants wait in a line to get paperwork to be admitted to shelters at a migrant processing center on May 9, 2023, in Denver, Colorado (Helen H