US EditionUndocumented immigrants contribute more to Social Security than they receive in benefits
- In 2022, undocumented immigrants contributed over $100 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in the United States, including Social Security taxes amounting to almost $26 billion.
- This tax contribution occurs despite efforts by the Trump administration that included entering immigrants' names into a Social Security database, aiming to block their work rights and reduce benefit fraud claims made without evidence.
- Analyses from the Congressional Budget Office and experts show immigration is expected to increase Social Security revenues by $348 billion from 2024 to 2034, assuming net immigration of 1.2 million annually.
- Although undocumented immigrants and increased immigration boost Social Security funding, experts including Andrew Biggs say these effects are relatively small compared to the program's overall $1.5 trillion annual payouts.
- Experts note that President Trump's immigration restrictions could reduce Social Security revenues, but no realistic level of immigration would substantially resolve the program's projected funding shortfall by 2035.
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Are immigrants less likely to be incarcerated than the U.S.-born?
Yes. Based on 2023 research, the incarceration rate from 1870-2020 was lower for immigrant men compared to men born in the United States. In 1960, the incarceration rate for immigrant men dropped significantly below men born in the U.S., regardless of multiple factors including race, age and country of origin. This is also true for men emigrating from Mexico and other nations in Central America. Since 2005, this population has had a higher inca…
Undocumented immigrants contribute more to Social Security than they receive in benefits.
By Tami Luhby, CNN President Donald Trump's push to deport immigrants and block the arrival of new immigrants could undermine Social Security's finances at a time when the program is already in dire financial straits, experts say. In addition to pressure from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out more deportations, the Trump administration is also trying to convince certain immigrants to "self-deport." This includes entering the…
Undocumented immigrants contribute more to Social Security than they receive in benefits
President Donald Trump’s drive to deport immigrants and block new arrivals could chip away at Social Security’s finances at a time when the program is already on shaky financial footing, experts say.
Trump Cuts to SSA Decimating Workforce – LaborPress
More slashing of federal workers has come to the Social Security Administration, one of the most important, if not the most important, agencies in America, providing benefits to 73 million people. Scores of employees in New York City, Westchester and Long Island, now under the gun from the Trump administration, have resigned, as measures designed to demoralize and push them out of their jobs, even to the point of illegally violating contract agre
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