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12/21/2002 02:45:00 AM | Brad Plumer Immigration and Social Security The Washington Post reported two days ago that the Bush administration plans to pass legislation that will send social security checks to Mexican immigrants. From the looks of things most of the beneficiaries will be Mexicans who legally worked in America, paid Social Security taxes, but never received benefits. Fair enough, and I completely agree with that part. But I'm not so sure about the second part. In addition, roughly 13,000 immigrants who do not legally reside in the US will also begin receiving benefits, negating a 1996 law that illegal residents could not claim benefits. Moreover, Mexican workers who currently work legally will potentially get back the money they put into the system while working illegally with a false Social Security number? So here's the question. If a person who is neither a citizen nor a legal immigrant gives money to the US government in the form of taxes, does that government have a moral obligation to return that money? Or should it focus on its moral obligation to spend the money on its citzens and legal residents? Is the government completely unjust by withholding money from those who earned it illegally? Hint: I'm taking the basic issues of the MTA debate and dropping them onto a new situation. Bring it. :) perma link |
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