Aside from these weak enforcement measures. which the GAO estimates affects only onehalf of 1 percent of the alien population. the logistical problems in administering such a worldwide operation encourage some people to take advantage of the system through a variety of schemes. including phony adoptions and the widespread use of socalled claims fixers in some countries. Additionally. these alien beneficiaries receive costofliving increases like their counterparts in the United States. even though their increases have no relationship to the economies of their countries. Mr. Speaker. the second aspect of this issue I would like to address concerns aliens who have illegally engaged in employment and earned social security credits. Despite the statistical limitations of the various illegal alien studies. the GAO has developed a rough estimate of the impact on the social security
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