This is a cash cow for the SSA. Money coming in that never has to go out to the person paying. Imho SSA relies on this money and all levels of government are complicit. Wink, wink. And the American blue color worker suffers the most.
It seems there is a loophole whereby illegal alien wages do go toward their ss benefits. And if the Bush admin. Mexican totalization agreement is implemented it will be disastrous.
[snip]For five years Olivia Avila worked under a false name and bogus Social Security number at the National Beef meatpacking plant in Liberal to support her family. She kept working there after obtaining legal residency two years ago.
But it was not until she went into the Social Security Administration to get credit for her earlier wages as an illegal worker that her legal problems began — even though a loophole in federal law allows lawful immigrants to claim both legally and illegally earned wages in determining Social Security benefit eligibility.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885962/posts