Comments on: Social Security Administration Won’t Report Illegal Aliens

By: Sam johnston

Sam johnston — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:18:32 +0000

Social security has really been vexing me too recently. i’ve posted a few suggestions on an RP blog you may be interested in viewing. Click on the link. I’d welcome some sensible comment.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:50:56 +0000

people use SSN’s for all sorts of things besides social security and welfare. I was issued an ssn card that said ‘not valid for employment’ when I was young. That was because i was not yet a citizen. It was never a bar to employment once I became a green card holder.

that being said, privatization won’t fly.

By: Shade

Shade — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:05:54 +0000

My wife is an attorney who practices immigration law. I brought this up to her and she says that those non-work social security numbers are not supposed to able to be used for social benefits. She says that they are almost strictly for the benefit of getting identification and drivers licenses. She says that they originally used to stamp them as non-working, but that for some reason that don’t consistently do this. She says that non-citizen social security numbers are very apparent in that the the numbering style is quite different from a normal social security number. Employers should see this and should check the status, but employers don’t check. That is why when the status changes and the immigrant can legally work, the employer’s records don’t reflect this. They simply don’t check.

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:31:12 +0000

When my wife went to apply for a Social Security number at the local office (she is a legal immigrant), the local Social Security Administration office refused to give it to her. This was before she had received her “green card”, although she had a valid stamp and A-number in her passport that we repeatedly showed to them. We wound up having to go to the regional office in San Antonio to get her SSN.

You cannot convince me that illegal immigrants (and the politicians and journalists who either look the other way or encourage this) are not scamming the system for their own benefit.

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:45:18 +0000

Captain PLANET! I like Captain America, Captain Planet gives me a headache. Sorry, thinking elsewhere at the end of that post.

By: ScottG

ScottG — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:29:47 +0000

Here’s another vote for privatizing the SSA. I could invest in things that make money and things people need. Unfortunately, some bunch of idiots would invest in tofu farms and when they go curds up moan and complain until the federal govt bailed them out anyway.

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:40:33 +0000

I was watching a commercial today for some kind of “it only takes one voice” program, basically encouraging people to hug and stand up for the downtrodden. It was a white guy in a suit at a restaraunt. He was sitting there, looked up at his latin american (presumably) waiter, and holds up his sandwich “Hey! I asked for whole wheat, EL WHEAT-O?” and then a white server comes up, apologizes and takes his sandwich to correct the mistake. The customer leans over and jokes to another customer “Hey if you’re going to serve people in this country you should learn to speak the language” and the young man who he spoke to looked at him indignantly and said “No, I don’t know what you mean” and then it went “One voice could make a difference”….
I am the first to admit the guy was a schmuck, and rude and you ought not be rude to the people who handle your food, but come on now. What is so wrong about expecting someone who works here (especially in CUSTOMER SERVICE) to speak english. It made me sick, this is the most twisted thing since I saw Captain America and realized they implied there were people who enjoyed dumping toxic waste. “Wheee! I’m killing EVERYTHING!” Yeah, how about no? There’s my rant for the day. As if there’s ever just one.

By: Shade

Shade — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:32:06 +0000

Why are aliens allowed to immigrate to this country only to immediately go onto welfare in a system that they have never put a penny into?

Why would an able-bodied alien who is desirous to work, be they legal or illegal, be issued a Non Work Social Security Number?

These are the million dollar questions. What is the point of a non-work Social Security Number as opposed to a non-work visa? Is it because you can’t get welfare with a visa? In that case, what’s the point of giving welfare to someone not allowed to work? Since it seems that they are going to be employed anyway, it the whole notion of non-work visas is seemingly a government game.

By: Montie Burchett

Montie Burchett — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:59:07 +0000

La Shawn,

This is the type of stuff that makes the average American’s head feel like it’s going to explode!
Why are aliens allowed to immigrate to this country only to immediately go onto welfare in a system that they have never put a penny into?

Even worse, why are different departments of the same government forbidden to exchange information that could reduce waste and fraud? That’s just crazy, but typical of the Federal Government.

Why would an able-bodied alien who is desirous to work, be they legal or illegal, be issued a Non Work Social Security Number? Why are illegals issued a social security number at all, of any type? Why can’t we even bother to ask if they are here legally when they apply for an SSN?

Of course many illegals don’t bother with trying to get an SSN. They just make one up when necessary, or use the same one that one of their friends is using.