So allowing the Social Security Administration and foreign agencies to give credit to one another towards their retirement systems makes sense when it involves a limited number of persons working legally and temporarily in another country. So the concept is not itself alarming. However. this is not the case with illegal immigrants. We have 20 million people living and working illegally in the United States. with Mexicans by far making up the largest chunk of this illegal immigrant population. This is not a limited number of Swedes or Japanese executives who will work here for several years and then go home. We are talking about millions and millions of people who can make or break our Social Security system if this issue is not handled responsibly. Knowing the volatility of both the Social Security and illegal immigration issues. the totalization negotiations with Mexico have been kept strictly under wraps. Remember. these negotiations started in 2002. That is when Republicans controlled Congress.
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