Illegal Immigrants Seldom Receive Social Security
by Tom Margenau
Q: I just heard from a reliable source on the radio that illegal immigrants are ripping off American taxpayers by collecting Social Security benefits. No wonder this country and the Social Security system are in such trouble. Do you have any information about how much money the U.S. pays these illegal workers?
A: How about “zero.”
I could change the title of this column to “Debunking Social Security Myths' and I'd have enough source material to fill up my allotted space in the n ...
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Posted by: Jerome Kurshan
Comment: #1
Sat Sep 6, 2008 5:10 PM
You wrote: "My point is, almost all of the about 350,000 Social Security checks sent overseas every month are going to U.S. citizens now living abroad. A small number go to non-citizens," The implication is that a non-citizen living abroad can collect social security, but, according to what you wrote, a non citizen (immigrant alien) living in this country can't . Does that mean that the immigrant alien, who contributed to social security here, can start collecting if he goes back home?
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Posted by: zeezil
Comment: #2
Wed Sep 3, 2008 5:07 AM
QUOTE:There are no undocumented workers in this country collecting U.S. Social Security benefits and ripping off the taxpayers. So Iím afraid your ěreliable source on the radioî is probably just another xenophobe spreading hatred and misinformation to boost ratings!UNQUOTE
Well, aren't you the asinine mudslinger. I see that you belong to the "church" of "If you criticize illegal aliens and want our immigration laws enforced, you must be a xenophobe". It's aiders & abettors like you that have cause the problem of 20 million illegla aliens that are costing American taxpayers over $100 billion per year on health care and other services, including education, law enforcement costs, and housing. – U.S. Congressman Dean Heller-Jan. 2008.
BTW, where is your source and data that supports you blanket statement that no illegal aliens receive any social security benefits?
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Posted by: zeezil
Comment: #3
Wed Sep 3, 2008 5:13 AM
QUOTE: In fact, Social Security Administration actuaries point out that undocumented workers have just the opposite impact on the programís finances. They pump millions of dollars annually into Social Security trust funds without ever collecting a nickel in Social Security benefits. UNQUOTE
Yeah, boy...I'm just crying a river over this. The FEW illegal aliens that are actually paying into SS (using stolen or fraudlent SS numbers) aren't going to get a slush fund out of it. I can hear the liberals wailing and the illegal alien huggers gnashing their teeth over this. Perhaps, this "unclaimed?" amount should be garnished and sent back to every American citizen taxpayer that has been ripped off by being forced to pay for illegal aliens education, health care, social and welfare programs and law enforcement & criminal justice system expenses.
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