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Speaker 0 asserts that illegal immigrants are using Meta's Facebook to buy fake IDs and Social Security cards, access human smuggling services, and illegally work for Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart through online flea markets.
Key examples and claims:
- A page titled “obtain your license to drive from The United States here” advertises multiple fake driver’s licenses in several videos, alongside fake Social Security cards and even credit scores. The page claims the IDs can pass an authenticity check and can pass under a black light, revealing a hologram security feature typically applied to real government-issued driver’s licenses. Fake licenses are advertised for every state, and the page owner can create an ID for any required state; instructions were provided on what information would be needed.
- This page is described as one of many across the US advertising the same service.
- Variations exist for obtaining work: ads on Facebook pages promoting activation or rental of Uber Eats, DoorDash, or Instacart accounts. Migrants can buy an already activated food delivery account or rent one from another user.
- A woman posted an image reading “rent account for DoorDash” in Spanish; she stated the rental price as $500. Alongside a driver’s license and Social Security number, a bank account is also needed to start a food delivery account, and bank accounts can also be rented. On a Latinos in the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn page, someone is advertised renting out a bank account for $25 a week.
- Before migrants can access illegal work, they must enter the country. Facebook allegedly allows advertisements of human smuggling services. A page titled “Coyote five zero two” has almost 100,000 followers and regularly posts videos of large groups of migrants walking through and being smuggled through Mexico; comments suggest they can be brought over from Mexico into the US within twenty minutes, with smugglers offering faster and cheaper options.
- A page named “Flea Market of Phoenix” posted a smuggling video showing migrants climbing over the border wall. The page has over 72,000 followers. After inquiries, the author described services as “El Brinco” (the jump) and stated his service would be fast, easy, and secure, sending two videos: the original ad of smugglers hoisting a ladder and another showing a trail to get over from Mexico to the US in thirty minutes or less. In further messages, the smuggler discussed pricing: $7,500 per person, plus a $1,000 per person finder’s fee for referrals.
- The narrator notes that creating or obtaining fake identification or smuggling a person across the border would typically be a felony, and working illegally would risk deportation. Nonetheless, Meta is described as allowing this illegal activity to take place on Facebook daily, with online flea markets found in cities and states across the US, even in places without sanctuary laws for illegal immigrants.