is social security coverage for illegal aliens really proposed as law?

Question

I've been receiving an e-mail chain letter that asks for people to add their name and to eventually forward the e-mail to the President as a means of protest.

I looked on the web and found coverage of this issue but nothing more current than several months ago and all of it had a political bias. Some sites claimed that President Bush authorized a "secret" agreement with Mexico, others said Speaker Pelosi was behind the agreement, you know the usual political garbage.

So my question is where does this stand?

Answer 1

Its a lie - made by the kind of people you see on Fox news, the purpose of which is to distract the public while congress gives tax cuts to the rich and borrows from the Social Security trust fund with no plan in place to pay the money back when it is needed to pay benefits.

Social Security's problems are not caused by illegal aliens. You can read the truth about what is going on here, on the government's web site:

http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/USandMexico.htm

For the true nature of social security's problems, see:

Social Security in Ecolanguage at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tts2uTWt6e8

Answer 2

There was an agreement with Mexico that has not been approved, and it was also in the Senate immigration bill last year and is probably in the STRIVE bill (I'm waiting to read the whole thing until it is a bit more 'in form'). A VERSION of it is even in Bush's 'comprehensive' bill, which would only let those who didn't put money in under other people's numbers get it.

However, all versions ignore the fact that even with what they put into the suspense account, illegal immigrants use MUCH more in services like at least education than they ever put in, as a class. The money some pay into social security has been brought up as an 'offset' to this cost over and over, and this has excused non-enforcement in the minds of some, while illegals and their families continued to use our services.

I am against it entirely, since the money was illegally earned to begin with. However, Bush's version is better than the other. I still don't understand why those committing identity fraud would even be here to ask for social security, however, and I don't like the implication that they might be included in Bush's amnesty.

http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jimr/7671

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/sr12.cfm

Answer 3

A bill went thru the Illinois government and it was voted down. For anyone who is interested Obama voted to give the illegals SS benefits.

Answer 4

it was no secret, there were talks going on about SS and illegals. I dont knwo whatever happeneed to it though