[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I am dead set against amnesty. I don't want a guest worker program for illegals without their returning home to apply for it, but I don't agree that anybody should have to pay into SS without being eligible for benefits.

I see.

I guess this means you support Bush's Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico.

Under the terms of the agreement, signed by Bush's appointed SSA Commissioner, Jo Ann Barnhart on June 29, 2004, Mexican illegal aliens will be eligible to apply for, and receive benefits after having worked for only 6 quarters (18 months) while US citizens only become eligible to apply after having worked 40 quarters (10 years).

Additionally, the Mexican illegal alien can apply for, and receive US SSA benefits for his Mexican (national) wife and children, even if they've never stepped foot in the US.

On the other hand, the US government routinely deprives American citizens of their illegal gains through asset forfeiture laws.

Can you please explain why Mexican illegal aliens should not be subject to these laws while American citizens are?

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My view on illgal aliens is that they should all be deported. If the gov't is gonna turn its head and alow them to stay, the gov't shouldn't make them pay into a system they can't draw benefits from. If they are paying into it thru fake or stolen #'s they have committed a felony. I am also against making legal guest workers pay into the SS system. It should be for citizens.