Thursday, May 13, 2010

Contrary To Amnesty Supporters, Illegal Aliens Drain Social Security, By Rep. Lamar Smith

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HOW MUCH CAN WE AS A NATION TURN OVER TO MEXICO?


Contrary To Amnesty Supporters, Illegal Aliens Drain Social Security

By REP. LAMAR SMITH Posted 05/12/2010 06:06 PM ET

A recent Rasmussen Reports survey revealed that voters remain concerned about Social Security and whether the system can deliver what the government has promised. According to the survey, 58% of U.S. voters lack confidence that the Social Security system will pay them their future benefits.
Advocates for amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants like to claim that amnesty will "save" Social Security. They also claim that dramatically increased immigration levels will safeguard our retirements and those of our children because more people will pay into the system.
Unfortunately, the opposite is true.
During the last Congress, I asked the Social Security Administration (SSA) to calculate the value in today's dollars of the payroll taxes paid by typical illegal immigrants and their employers as well as the value of their retirement benefits should they receive amnesty. Not only the typical illegal immigrant but any low-skilled immigrant will affect the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund.
Illegal immigrant workers, often with false identities, can't avoid paying into Social Security but are not eligible to receive retirement benefits for their illegal work. But if they receive amnesty, they can qualify for Social Security retirement benefits based on their earlier illegal work. And those benefits will amount to much more than what they paid into Social Security!
A single male illegal immigrant who works for very low wages and is now 25 years old will receive (at today's value) $15,596 more in Social Security retirement benefits. A similar female illegal immigrant will receive $20,936 more in retirement benefits.
A married illegal immigrant couple in which one spouse works can expect $52,460 more. And a married illegal immigrant couple where both spouses work will receive $39,037 more.
What would be the fiscal impact on the Trust Fund of the legalization of 5 million illegal immigrant couples who both work for very low wages? A staggering $500 billion! That would jeopardize the solvency of Social Security and threaten everyone's retirement.
Of course, Social Security is not the only way in which illegal immigrants negatively impact American taxpayers.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform has estimated that the total cost of K-12 education for illegal immigrant minors and the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants is nearly $29 billion a year.

And there are health care costs. If illegal immigrants are covered in the health care bill (there is not a strong verification mechanism to ensure they won't get benefits), it will increase the bill's costs by as much as $30 billion
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BUT WHAT IF THE NUMBER OF ILLEGALS IS NOT 12 MILLION? HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT Rep. SMITH’S CALCULATIONS?
WASHINGTON HAS USED THE SAME LA RAZA PROPAGANDA THAT THERE’S ONLY 12 MILLION ILLEGALS FOR YEARS, EVEN AS MILLIONS HAVE WALKED OVER OUR BORDERS AND INTO OUR JOBS.
DO THE MATH ON 38 MILLION! WE KNOW THAT MEXICANS ARE HERE TO LOOT, NOT TO WAVE THE AMERICAN FLAG. LA RAZA’S PUSH IS A BORDERLESS MEXICAN OCCUPATION WHEREBY ILLEGALS LOOT HERE, BIRTH HERE FOR GRINGO WELFARE, VOTE FOR HISPANDERING POLS, TAKE OUR JOBS WITH STOLEN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, THEN HEAD BACK TO MEXICO.
WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN 38 MILLION MEXICANS GET OBAMA’S AMNESTY AND THEN FINALLY HEAD BACK TO MEXICO TO DRAW THEIR CHECKS? THAT, AFTER WE’VE HANDED THEM OUR JOBS, PAID FOR THE BIRTHING OF MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS, BILLIONS IN WELFARE AND PRISON COSTS???
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“Walsh stated. Walsh said his analysis indicating there are 38 million illegal aliens in the U.S. was calculated using the conservative estimate of three illegal immigrants entering the U.S. for each one apprehended.”

Illegal alien population may be as high as 38 million

Study: Illegal alien population may be as high as 38 million A new report finds the Homeland Security Department "grossly underestimates" the number of illegal aliens living in the U.S. Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Studies released a report August 31 that estimates the number of illegal aliens residing in the U.S. is between 8 and 12 million. But the group Californians for Population Stabilization, or CAPS, has unveiled a report estimating the illegal population is actually between 20 and 38 million. Four experts, all of whom contributed to the study prepared by CAPS, discussed their findings at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington Wednesday. James Walsh, a former associate general counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said he is "appalled" that the Bush administration, lawyers on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and every Democratic presidential candidate, with the exception of Joe Biden, have no problem with sanctuary cities for illegal aliens. "Ladies and gentlemen, the sanctuary cities and the people that support them are violating the laws of the United States of America. They're violating 8 USC section 1324 and 1325, which is a felony -- [it's] a felony to aid, support, transport, shield, harbor illegal aliens," Walsh stated. Walsh said his analysis indicating there are 38 million illegal aliens in the U.S. was calculated using the conservative estimate of three illegal immigrants entering the U.S. for each one apprehended. According to Walsh, "In the United States, immigration is in a state of anarchy -- not chaos, but anarchy."

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