Executive Order Allows Illegal Immigrants To Acquire Social Security According to recent reports, President Obama is considering moving forward with executive actions that will make illegal immigrants eligible to receive social security payments. They may also be given a credit for the time theyve been working undocumented in the United States. Under the November 20, 2014, policy memorandum, foreign nationals who received deferred action status may be eligible for work authorization, the Congressional Research Service memo states. As a result, a foreign national who received deferred action status may be able to have all of his or her Social Security-covered earnings count toward qualifying for a Social Security benefit (all earnings from authorized and unauthorized work). That means that any illegal immigrants who have paid into the Social Security system will now be eligible for paymentseven if they used a fraudulent Social Security number. The benefits they will receive include retirement, disability and survivor payments. It is unclear how easy it will be for a foreign national to prove that earnings credited to a Social Security number that was not issued to the foreign nation (i.e., credits earned while the person was working without authorization) belong on his or her earning records, the memo continues, acknowledging that proof of using a specific Social Security number will be difficult. These benefits programs are in dire trouble, one GOP aide told reporters. They need to be preserved for legal immigrants and American citizens first and foremost. What do you think? Are you tired of Obama putting the interests of illegal immigrants and refugees above legal citizens? 