Undocumented Workers Help Fund Social Security
by TChris
Those who demonize individuals who cross the border in search of jobs to feed their families tend to place no blame on the employers who provide those jobs. In addition, they tend to disregard the benefits to the U.S. economy that result from that employment, including contributions to the social security system that the president claims is in a state of crisis.
As the debate over Social Security heats up, the estimated seven million or so illegal immigrant workers in the United States are now providing the system with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year.
Those contributions comprised about 10 percent of last year's surplus. The workers aren't eligible to receive benefits, so they contribute without expecting or receiving a corresponding benefit. The loss of those financial contributions would be significant, and the Social Security Administration counts on those continuing contributions when it projects the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund.
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