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U.S.-Mexico Agreement Provides Social Security Funds to Illegal Aliens
Jan-08-07
TREA Senior Citizens League announced last week that after
numerous refusals over three and a half years, the Social Security
Administration finally released the first known public copy of the
U.S.-Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement. The Social
Security Administration was forced to make the disclosure in
response to lawsuits filed under the Freedom of Information Act by
the League, a nonpartisan seniors' advocacy group. The agreement
between the United States and Mexico was signed in June 2004, and
awaits President Bush's signature. If signed by President Bush,
the Social Security Agreement Totalization agreement will
automatically go into effect after 60 days unless either House of
Congress votes to reject it.
The U.S.-Mexico Totalization agreement has become controversial
because it could allow millions of illegal aliens from Mexico to
draw billions of dollars from the U.S. Social Security Trust Fund,
creating huge new pressures on the Social Security program itself.
Currently, federal law does not bar wages submitted for illegal
work from counting towards social security benefits. Thus, if an
illegal alien worker in the United States today gets a "work
authorized" Social Security number through the Totalization
Agreement, that worker would be able claim credit for work
performed legally or illegally. The same would happen if Congress
adopts a guest worker program to legalize the millions of illegal
aliens currently in the country.
According to TREA, the Social Security Administration expects the
Social Security Trust Fund to pay out more than it accrues by year
2017 and to be exhausted by 2040. "The Social Security
Administration itself warns that Social Security is within decades
of bankruptcy--yet, they seem to have no problem making agreements
that hasten its demise," said the Chairman of the Senior Citizens
League, Ralph McCutchen.
Senators Ensign (R-NW), Inhofe (R-OK), Sessions (R-AL), and Thomas
(R-WY) have introduced legislation (S. 43) that will change
current law to treat all Totalization Agreements as bilateral
trade agreements. This means both houses of Congress would be
required to pass a resolution approving a Totalization Agreement
before it could into effect, instead of the agreement
automatically going into effect unless either house of Congress
passes a resolution rejecting it. If passed before the U.S.-Mexico
Totalization Agreement is signed and goes into effect, this
legislation would also require the U.S.-Mexico Totalization to be
approved by both the House and Senate. FAIR strongly supports this
legislation.
Source: Federation For American Immigration Reform
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