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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Immigration and Social Security - Center for Immigration Studies
This piece by the Center for Immigration Studies explains everything you ever wanted to know about immigration and how it is handled by the Social Security Administration. As we know, illegal immigration has skyrocketed in preceding years of a previous Administration. But immigration – and the control thereof – has long been governed by U.S. law. And an important part of U.S. law stipulates that only LEGAL immigrants can receive Social Security Numbers and, thus, SS benefits. Nevertheless, many Americans believe that illegal immigration has strained the Social Security program. And that is simply not so, as can be seen in this informative (albeit lengthy) piece by George Fishman at the Center for Immigration Studies. While it is true that legal immigrants can receive SS benefits, those in the U.S. illegally can not. Click here to read all about U.S. immigration laws and how they affect Social Security.