[justshe]

"...agreement is projected to trigger 37,000 new claims from Mexicans who worked in the United States legally and paid Social Security taxes but have been unable to claim their checks, according to a memo prepared by Ted Girdner, the Social Security Administration's assistant associate commissioner for international operations.

You wrote: I don't know, maybe because they are here ILLEGALLY!?

PLEASE calm down....you are being QUITE condescending. WHERE did you see this policy was for ILLEGALS?

You further wrote: As I said before, you don't "understand" this because you don't want to. "

Hence my comment about calming down. No need to turn EVERY discussion on immigration into a free-for-all, is there?

[Republic of Texas]

Why can't they claim their checks?

[Republic of Texas]

" The GOP aide said Mexican officials would also like benefits to be adjusted upward for a legal Mexican worker who worked in the United States for some time illegally and paid into the Social Security system using a false Social Security number. "

Oops. Looks like the truth leaked out in the very last paragraph. That's inconvenient.

[stimulate]

According to the article,Legal aliens who paid into the Social Security system when they were here illegally, will get credit for their Social Security conributions even though they used false or stolen I.D. before aquiring legal residency.

The alien will not be punished for commiting a serious crime,but in fact will be rewarded!

Is that what you want?