Most immigration helps Social Security's finances, because new immigrants tend to be of working age and contribute more than they take from the system.Great read in the New York Times: "Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions"
The article is a few years old (2005) but its information is very relevant to the debates that will start in Congress soon.
Most undocumented workers do backbreaking work yet they receive nothing in return. They do not ask anything in return, the only thing they need is peace of mind. Peace so that they know that each day they walk into their jobs they are not at risk of ICE raiding their workplace; separating them from their families.
Peace so they can work and feed their families. The benefits they are already paying for is not what they are after. Just a better home life.
"I don't pay much attention," Ms. Ortega said. "I know I don't get any benefit."
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