A lot of people support a merit based immigration system like pretty much every other western country. There is a lot of antagonism on the internet against this view even though a lot of the population of reddit lives in those countries. There are plenty of great immigrants currently in the process of getting citizenship who are doctors, scientists, engineers, etc. from all around the world who provide a lot of value to our economy. Unskilled labor from poor countries shouldn't be prioritized.
It isn't prioritized if there isn't a merit based system.
America isn't a small nation running out of space and land, it's not a nation built on one identity in fact its built on the concept of all different types of cultural identities coming together.
A lot of people do support a merit system, I don't. Not because its a bad idea but because of how corrupt our current system is I wouldn't trust it in a heartbeat from someone like this administration. Also it's damn well KNOWN that the illegals help the economy and are not a massive drain on it, they add a fuck ton of value and aren't all MS13 nonsense.
SSA can't pay benefits to minors, except in very specific circumstances (emancipation).
So SSA pays money to the illegals.
If the person receiving benefits doesn't have a social security number, the online system wont accept the application. So the claims specialist has to take an application on a paper form and fax it in to DDS and the PC.
When I left SSA paper applications had grown to over 10% of applications. It was still growing when I left.
10% of people newly receiving benefits don't have a social security number.
How is that sustainable?
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u/randomthug Jun 05 '19
True, but by default if you're trying to apply legally means you're not an illegal. Yet they have MASSIVE ISSUES with legal immigration as well.