Speech #1100111229

That amendment was rejected by the Senate. In July of 2007. Senator ENSIGN proposed an amendment to the College Cost Reduction Act which could have led to a highly unfair loss of benefits to naturalized citizens or others who are legally present. The provisions of that amendment would have posed great problems because it would have denied Social Security benefits to legally naturalized citizens. for instance. unless the Social Security Administration could affirmatively determine that the individual was legally authorized to work. This amendment would have placed an unmanageable burden on the Social Security Administration and seniors who have been legally present for decades. who could have unfairly lost their benefits. This amendment also failed in the Senate.