My view is that it is all a scam.....
To collect SS there must be money paid to the number account. If the illeagals use a bogus account they can never collect any thing against that account. If they become legal, they must have a new SS number and deposited funds accrue from that date.
I'm wondering what happens to the 4000+ using ONE SS number that's been reported....is money going into that ONE account? Course, ICE, INS, and IRS won't talk with each other (privacy laws, ya know).......THAT'S the PROBLEM, me thinks.
And also, when income is reported on a SS#, you can bet the IRS will take note when the real holder of the SS# does not report that income, (since they did not know about it).
Only one thing - the funds don't accrue. Kongress spends them faster than they come in and replaces money with IOU's, so no has anything in their SS "account" just a promise to pay with future collections.
To collect SS there must be money paid to the number account. If the illeagals use a bogus account they can never collect any thing against that account.
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I have wondered about that, too.