GOP Illegal Immigrant ‘Social Security’ Claim Debunked

Posted on: October 13th, 2006
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Republican Campaign Theme Debunked: Social Security for Illegal Immigrants, Twenty-nine ads and counting feature the claim with varying levels of truth and distortion

“Republicans are tagging Democratic opponents across the country for wanting to “give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.” But nobody’s proposing paying benefits to illegals, not until and unless they become US citizens.

The charge is a mischaracterization of part of the immigration bill that passed the Senate last May with a healthy bi-partisan majority, 62-36. Among hundreds of provisions in the bill is one that would allow naturalized immigrants to count taxes paid while they were still illegal towards their Social Security accounts – if and when they become citizens.”

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