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'''''Kansas v. Garcia''''', 589 U.S. ___ (2020), is a case of the [[United States Supreme Court]] that was decided, by a 5–4 majority, in 2020.
==Background==
Ramiro Garcia was stopped for speeding in [[Overland Park, Kansas]]. After questioning, the officers discovered that Garcia was already the target of an active investigation. Police requested a records check from his employer; among the documents provided was his [[Form I-9]], which listed the social security number of another person. Garcia had used this false number for other documentation, and so was arrested for identity fraud. The case was bundled with two other similar instances of purported identity fraud, involving Donaldo Morales and Guadalupe Ochoa-Lara, each involving Form I-9s and [[Form W-4]]s.<ref>https://www.oyez.org/cases/2019/17-834 Oyez</ref>
===Issue===
==Supreme Court opinion==
The 5–4 majority led by Justice Alito determined that the IRCA does not prohibit Kansas or another state from applying identity theft/fraud statutes to non-citizens under these circumstances.<ref>https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/03/opinion-analysis-divided-court-permits-state-identity-theft-prosecution-of-noncitizens-in-the-employment-process/</ref>
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