I don't think that illegals who used stolen SS numbers while working and living here illegally should get Social Security benefits. If the President ever signs an agreement which gives them benefits, I will, joined by most other Freepers, let my Congressman and Senators know that I strongly disagree.
I don't know the procedure for sure on this, so I'm asking, too. But if his Secretary of State and his head of SS has signed the agreement in Mexico, isn't it "signed" by this administration? Does he actually need to "sign" it?
http://www.ssa.gov/history/2000.html
June 29, 2004 SSA Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart signed a "totalization" agreement in Mexico City with with Dr. Santiago Levy Algazi, Director General, Mexican Social Security Institute, that will remove from U.S. citizens working for U.S. companies in Mexico the burden of paying social security taxes to both countries. It was estimated that this would result in approximately 3,000 U.S. workers and their employers sharing in tax savings of $140 million over the first five years of the agreement due to the avoidance of double-taxation. It was estimated that the agreement would also result in approximately 50,000 U.S. and Mexican workers receiving benefits after the first five years of the agreement.