By Rob Garver, The Fiscal Times November 26, 2014 The approximately 5 million undocumented immigrants who are eligible for deferred deportation and work permits under the president’s recent executive action could also become eligible for Medicare and Social Security, the White House told a Washington Post reporter on Tuesday. To people familiar with immigration law, this is basically a truism. Anybody working legally in the United States must contribute to Social Security and Medicare, and if they meet the other criteria – work history for Social Security and age for Medicare – they can generally expect to qualify for the programs’ benefits. Related: Obama’s Order a Dilemma for Some Illegal Immigrants But the fact may not have been obvious to the general public, which has mixed feelings about the president’s decision last week to go around Congress by ordering executive branch agencies not to enforce deportation rules against a certain class of undocumented immigrant. - See more at: thefiscaltimes/2014/11/26/Executive-Order-Rob-piece#sthash.8xSwQn7G.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:33:00 +0000
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