The administrations totalization proposal. a version of which passed the other body in the 109th Congress. actually allows thousands of foreigners who would quality for U.S. Social Security benefits actually came to the United States and worked here illegally. Adding insult to injury. the federal government may even give Social Security benefits to noncitizens who worked here for as little as 18 months. Thats right: the federal govemment may actually allow someone who came to the United States illegally. worked for less than the required number of years to qualify for Social Security. and then returned to Mexico for the rest of his working years. to collect full U.S. Social Security benefits while living in Mexico. That is an insult to the millions of Americans who pay their entire working lives into the system and now face the possibility that there may be nothing left when it is their turn to retire. The proposed agreement is nothing more than a financial reward to those who have willingly and knowingly violated our own immigration laws. Talk about an incentive for illegal immigration! How many more would break the law to come to this country if promised U.S. govemment paychecks for life? Is creating a global welfare state on the back of the American taxpayer a good idea?
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