| Social Security Agreement With Mexico Released After 3 1/2 Year Freedom of Information Act Battle |
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| Posted by WatchingInAmazement On 01/01/2007 10:04:50 AM CST · 224 replies · 4,058+ views Yahoo ^ | 12/29/06 | Yahoo WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After numerous refusals over three and a half years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has released the first known public copy of the U.S.-Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement. The government was forced to make the disclosure in response to lawsuits filed under the Freedom of Information Act by TREA Senior Citizens League, a 1.2 million-member nonpartisan seniors advocacy group. The Totalization Agreement could allow millions of illegal Mexican workers to draw billions of dollars from the U.S. Social Security Trust Fund. The agreement between the U.S. and Mexico was signed in June 2004, and is... |
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Saw this earlier today and it really made my blood boil.