According to the detailed chart in the GAO report on totalization, a lower paid illegal with 8 credits would receive $39.00 per month. With 20 credits, $99.00 per month. With 36 credits, $178.00 per month.
If the illegal has higher earnings, he would receive higher benefits.
If an illegal accrues 40 credits, he is ineligible for totalization payments. Whatever SS benefits he may, or may not, be eligible are covered by other laws/regs.
You don't have to be an expert on this. The vast majority of illegals will not be eligible for totalization because they worked off the books and didn't pay in, or if they did pay in, they don't have the documentation.
>>The vast majority of illegals will not be eligible for totalization because they worked off the books and didn’t pay in, or if they did pay in, they don’t have the documentation.<<
How do you know whether “the vast majority” worked off the books? What happens when they use somebody else’s SS number?