The Senate's Amnesty Giveaway ... Even Social Security?
Barbara Anderson
May 19, 2006
The Senate is debating just what benefits illegal aliens are going to receive in their ?earned amnesty?, ?guest worker program? or other offerings from the taxpaying American public.
Certain senators are falling all over themselves in a frenzy to give away all the benefits citizen taxpayers have provided for years. It already is a law that every illegal alien is entitled to a free education in our schools. In some states they may also take advantage of in-state tuition, courtesy of the taxpayer.
It is also a law that hospitals must provide care for anyone coming into their facilities. They may not ask a person?s citizenship status. Many Illegal aliens use hospitals as primary care, a most expensive use. Because illegals are likely to make low wages and receive no benefits from the employer, hospitals are used more and more in a way that was never intended. Because of the misuse of illegals, some hospitals in the southwest have been forced to close.
They simply cannot keep providing care for those who do not pay. This leaves the community without skilled care for people who desperately need it in emergency situations, such as a heart attack.
Mexican consulates hold days of information to provide ways for their citizens to get social welfare benefits. Some states, such as Oregon, direct their social welfare people to attend these days of information, even on Saturdays, with the attendant extra pay for this service for Saturday work. Tables are set up by state workers to guide the illegals to state funded benefits. It is somewhat unusual for civil servants to work on Saturdays, but Oregon?s Governor Kulongoski must think it is worth it to provide such helpful information to those who are here illegally.
These Mexican consulates issue the Matricula Consular card as a sort of fake I.D., since they are not issued by our own government and have little in the way of verification as to actual names, birthdates, etc. These cards are only needed by ILLEGAL aliens, since those who are here legally have papers which are recognized by this country.
Among the benefits being considered by the Senate is that of Social Security. Senator John Ensign, R-Nev. proposed that ILLEGALS who become legal should be prevented from collecting the benefit on wages they earned while working unlawfully. Ensign is quoted as saying that ?Social Security was not intended for people who entered our country illegally?.
However, Senator Kennedy, one of the sponsors of the McCain/Kennedy bill, differs. He says ?Their money sits in the Social Security Administration waiting to be matched with an eligible beneficiary, and once those workers establish the eligibility, how in all fairness can we deny them the credit for their past contributions?? Evidently Senator Kennedy believes in rewarding lawbreakers.
Although there are reports that Social Security fraud is rampant, this doesn?t bother senators bent on giving as much to ILLEGALS as they can. One report said that one woman alone had her name used over two hundred times fraudulently. Despite such fraud, those who have committed it will still be eligible for Social Security if certain senators have their way and it is made part of the provisions of amnesty.
Two agencies who have massive evidence of such fraud are the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration. Citing ?privacy? issues, they refuse to turn over such evidence to investigators who could use it to indict ILLEGAL aliens and their employers. The IRS has collected millions of names of people who are using fake Social Security numbers and the employers who hire them. Could one of these fake Social Security numbers be yours? Don?t look to the Social Security Administration to inform you if that is the case.
Also, the IRS could fine those employers who routinely submit wrong data about their workforce. However, according to an analysis by the Knight Ridder Newspapers and the Charlotte, N.C. Observer, one internal study found that a restaurant company had submitted 4,100 duplicate Social Security numbers for workers. One child?s SSN was used 742 times by workers in 42 states. Because the law does not require companies to verify that workers give them names and numbers that match Social Security numbers, it is difficult to make these companies accountable for such flagrant misuse.
While arguing for a ?one-time? amnesty in 1986, Senators Kennedy, Orrin Hatch and John McCain promised that amnesty would be given to only 300,000 illegals. The reality is that the number turned out to be nearly three million. That amnesty showed that the INS and SSA knowingly accepted massive numbers of fraudulent rent receipts, earning records and birth records. Today, we are being told by Senators Kennedy and McCain that we need to make the same mistake.
The estimated twelve millions of illegals here will be added to the Social Security rolls. The estimate could be very low, as we found out in 1986. Nobody really knows just how many this amnesty might involve, since no definitive records are kept. Agencies that might have even quasi-accurate numbers are not allowed to give out the information.
Some senators are trying to apply the brakes to the runaway giveaway train. Senator John Ensign?s amendment (SA3985) would have cut off access to SS benefits for most illegal aliens, but his amendment was tabled. An amendment (SA3964) by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) was adopted. It would remove the ability of illegal aliens to prove their employment history through ?reasonable inference?, greatly reducing the potential for fraud.
Unfortunately, the heroes in the Senate are outweighed by the ones who want to pander to big business interests and ethnic voter blocs. If you value Social Security, now is the time to find out which senator is willing to give it away. It could be your own senator.
Certain senators are falling all over themselves in a frenzy to give away all the benefits citizen taxpayers have provided for years. It already is a law that every illegal alien is entitled to a free education in our schools. In some states they may also take advantage of in-state tuition, courtesy of the taxpayer.
It is also a law that hospitals must provide care for anyone coming into their facilities. They may not ask a person?s citizenship status. Many Illegal aliens use hospitals as primary care, a most expensive use. Because illegals are likely to make low wages and receive no benefits from the employer, hospitals are used more and more in a way that was never intended. Because of the misuse of illegals, some hospitals in the southwest have been forced to close.
They simply cannot keep providing care for those who do not pay. This leaves the community without skilled care for people who desperately need it in emergency situations, such as a heart attack.
Mexican consulates hold days of information to provide ways for their citizens to get social welfare benefits. Some states, such as Oregon, direct their social welfare people to attend these days of information, even on Saturdays, with the attendant extra pay for this service for Saturday work. Tables are set up by state workers to guide the illegals to state funded benefits. It is somewhat unusual for civil servants to work on Saturdays, but Oregon?s Governor Kulongoski must think it is worth it to provide such helpful information to those who are here illegally.
These Mexican consulates issue the Matricula Consular card as a sort of fake I.D., since they are not issued by our own government and have little in the way of verification as to actual names, birthdates, etc. These cards are only needed by ILLEGAL aliens, since those who are here legally have papers which are recognized by this country.
Among the benefits being considered by the Senate is that of Social Security. Senator John Ensign, R-Nev. proposed that ILLEGALS who become legal should be prevented from collecting the benefit on wages they earned while working unlawfully. Ensign is quoted as saying that ?Social Security was not intended for people who entered our country illegally?.
However, Senator Kennedy, one of the sponsors of the McCain/Kennedy bill, differs. He says ?Their money sits in the Social Security Administration waiting to be matched with an eligible beneficiary, and once those workers establish the eligibility, how in all fairness can we deny them the credit for their past contributions?? Evidently Senator Kennedy believes in rewarding lawbreakers.
Although there are reports that Social Security fraud is rampant, this doesn?t bother senators bent on giving as much to ILLEGALS as they can. One report said that one woman alone had her name used over two hundred times fraudulently. Despite such fraud, those who have committed it will still be eligible for Social Security if certain senators have their way and it is made part of the provisions of amnesty.
Two agencies who have massive evidence of such fraud are the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration. Citing ?privacy? issues, they refuse to turn over such evidence to investigators who could use it to indict ILLEGAL aliens and their employers. The IRS has collected millions of names of people who are using fake Social Security numbers and the employers who hire them. Could one of these fake Social Security numbers be yours? Don?t look to the Social Security Administration to inform you if that is the case.
Also, the IRS could fine those employers who routinely submit wrong data about their workforce. However, according to an analysis by the Knight Ridder Newspapers and the Charlotte, N.C. Observer, one internal study found that a restaurant company had submitted 4,100 duplicate Social Security numbers for workers. One child?s SSN was used 742 times by workers in 42 states. Because the law does not require companies to verify that workers give them names and numbers that match Social Security numbers, it is difficult to make these companies accountable for such flagrant misuse.
While arguing for a ?one-time? amnesty in 1986, Senators Kennedy, Orrin Hatch and John McCain promised that amnesty would be given to only 300,000 illegals. The reality is that the number turned out to be nearly three million. That amnesty showed that the INS and SSA knowingly accepted massive numbers of fraudulent rent receipts, earning records and birth records. Today, we are being told by Senators Kennedy and McCain that we need to make the same mistake.
The estimated twelve millions of illegals here will be added to the Social Security rolls. The estimate could be very low, as we found out in 1986. Nobody really knows just how many this amnesty might involve, since no definitive records are kept. Agencies that might have even quasi-accurate numbers are not allowed to give out the information.
Some senators are trying to apply the brakes to the runaway giveaway train. Senator John Ensign?s amendment (SA3985) would have cut off access to SS benefits for most illegal aliens, but his amendment was tabled. An amendment (SA3964) by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) was adopted. It would remove the ability of illegal aliens to prove their employment history through ?reasonable inference?, greatly reducing the potential for fraud.
Unfortunately, the heroes in the Senate are outweighed by the ones who want to pander to big business interests and ethnic voter blocs. If you value Social Security, now is the time to find out which senator is willing to give it away. It could be your own senator.
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