{"id":2515801,"date":"2025-11-30T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-says-illegal-borrowed-identities-from-american-citizens-to-commit-fraud-fails-to-report-exactly-how-stolen-ids-can-be-returned\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:16:10","slug":"nyt-says-illegal-borrowed-identities-from-american-citizens-to-commit-fraud-fails-to-report-exactly-how-stolen-ids-can-be-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-says-illegal-borrowed-identities-from-american-citizens-to-commit-fraud-fails-to-report-exactly-how-stolen-ids-can-be-returned\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Says Illegal &#8216;Borrowed&#8217; Identities from American Citizens to Commit Fraud, Fails to Report Exactly How Stolen IDs Can Be Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-says-illegal-borrowed-identities-from-american-citizens-to-commit-fraud-fails-to-report-exactly-how-stolen-ids-can-be-returned%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article criticizes The New York Times for portraying sympathy toward an illegal immigrant, Romeo P\u00e9rez-Bravo, who stole the identity of an American citizen, Dan Kluver. Kluver, a minnesota resident, faced serious financial and legal troubles due to identity theft, which led to IRS penalties and ongoing tax issues for over a decade. The actual perpetrator, P\u00e9rez-Bravo, a Guatemalan who entered the U.S. illegally as a teenager, used multiple false identities including KluverS, despite having been deported several times. He was arrested in 2025 on charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-fraudulently-claimed-coronavirus-relief-funds-then-faked-his-suicide-to-avoid-prosecution-now-hes-agreed-to-plead-guilty\/\" title=\"He Fraudulently Claimed Coronavirus Relief Funds, Then Faked His Suicide To Avoid Prosecution. Now He\u2019s Agreed To Plead Guilty.\">aggravated identity theft<\/a> and false use of a social Security number. the New York Times article is accused of downplaying his criminal actions by describing his identity theft as &#8220;borrowing&#8221; and trying to elicit sympathy for his struggles. The piece argues that this sympathetic portrayal undermines justice,harms victims like Kluver,and contributes to negative perceptions of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >law enforcement officers enforcing immigration laws<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times is trying to run damage control for an illegal alien who stole an American&rsquo;s identity, seeking in desperation to make their readers feel sorry for a man who broke the law and nearly ruined an innocent person&rsquo;s life.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/23\/us\/undocumented-worker-stolen-identity-dan-kluver.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> posted an article titled, &ldquo;Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The story covers the life of 42-year-old Dan Kluver, a resident of Minnesota. One evening, Kluver was stopped by police, who informed him his license has been suspended for problems in Missouri, a state Kluver had barely been to. After some investigating, Kluver found tax records listing jobs he never took in states he never lived in.<\/p>\n<p>For the Internal Revenue Service, it looked like Kluver was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-demonized-by-press-worked-as-janitor-fry-cook-to-help-support-mom-sisters\/\" title=\"Kyle Rittenhouse, Demonized By Press, Worked As Janitor, Fry Cook To Help Support Mom, Sisters\">working multiple jobs<\/a>, pushing him into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-paid-my-way-through-college-forcing-me-to-pay-for-someone-elses-is-unjust\/\" title=\"I Paid My Way Through College. Forcing Me To Pay For Someone Else\u2019s Is Unjust.\">higher income bracket<\/a>. This ended up costing him and his wife thousands of dollars as the IRS docked his tax returns to claim money they believed he had been withholding.<\/p>\n<p>His wife sent a $6,000 check in 2012 to pay them off, but the bills kept coming, getting higher as the following tax season saw Kluver owe $22,000.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This continued for over a decade as the Kluvers were not making progress in filing a claim for identity theft. But 2025 saw a breakthrough when an investigation found the other Dan Kluver living in St. Joseph, Missouri. In March, the other Kluver was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>His real name is Romeo&nbsp;P&eacute;rez-Bravo, a 42-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>He had come to the United States illegally at 16, living under several different names to avoid detection, one of them being Dan Kluver.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being deported three times &mdash; 2005, 2008, and 2009 &mdash; he kept coming back to the United States to live here under falsified documents. He wound up impersonating Dan Kluver after purchasing a black market Social Security card, unaware of the status of the real Dan Kluver.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times tries to paint a sob story for this illegal. He now has a family and tries to earn a living to support them. He came here without knowing English and made his way despite the obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>They even captioned his photograph by saying he &ldquo;borrowed&rdquo; Dan Kluver&rsquo;s identity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why is the New York Times doing a photo shoot for an illegal alien who stole American identities, got DUIs, and was repeatedly deported and illegally reentered the country?<\/p>\n<p>And for the record, he did not &ldquo;borrow&rdquo; identities. He stole them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQuEtOhCxR\">pic.twitter.com\/GQuEtOhCxR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abigail Jackson &#127482;&#127480; (@abigailmarone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abigailmarone\/status\/1993005668891345143?\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Romeo P&eacute;rez-Bravo has spent most of his adult life working under borrowed identities, including Kluver&rsquo;s,&rdquo; the outlet wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It was &ldquo;borrowed&rdquo; and then somehow returned?<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times included P&eacute;rez-Bravo&rsquo;s portrait along with Kluver&rsquo;s to try to put them on equal footing. All of the details of the former&rsquo;s life are, again, included to invoke sympathy.<\/p>\n<p>These two men are not the same.<\/p>\n<p>One is a criminal &mdash; The New York Times reported he has a criminal record, including several DUIs &mdash; and the other is a victim, an innocent man trying to live his life in peace.<\/p>\n<p>After being arrested in March, P&eacute;rez-Bravo was charged with aggravated identity theft and false representation of a Social Security number. His case will be postponed until January 2026. He faces a minimum of two years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times is certainly playing their part in the propaganda leading to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers being the target of violent mobs who want them dead.<\/p>\n<p>Their reporting is a disservice to justice, the rule of law, and people like Kluver by sympathizing with criminals who took advantage of Americans.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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