Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/undocumented-worker-stolen-identity-dan-kluver.html

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Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
Thousands of undocumented workers rely on fraudulent Social Security numbers. One of them belonged to Dan Kluver.
By Eli Saslow
Nov. 23, 2025 Updated 10:18 a.m. ET

Dan Kluver saw the police lights flashing in his rearview mirror late last year and eased his car onto the shoulder, thinking there had been some kind of mistake. He had spent four decades in rural Minnesota without ever getting into trouble. He prided himself on a life built around dependability and routine, working at the same factory where his father once did and spending his weekends coaching baseball and teaching Sunday school. He had never fired a gun, or smoked a cigarette, or missed a payment, or been arrested.

“License and registration, please,” the officer said. Kluver, 42, handed them over and waited while the officer went back to his patrol car. He listened to the church bells that rang every hour and watched sunlight reflect off the grain silos in downtown Olivia, where he knew most of the 2,400 residents, including the officer who was walking back to his car.

“Is everything all right?” Kluver asked.

“It’s strange, but it looks like your license has been suspended,” the officer said. “You’ve got another driver’s license with some issues down in Missouri.”

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