https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1906526419079082173I'm hearing rumblings that DOGE is finding evidence of large-scale...hijinks... in SS, centered around illegal immigration. Here's how the story goes:
--A person arrives at the border. Or, rather,
millions of people arrive at the border, enticed by lax immigration enforcement
--CBP, at the direction of the Biden administration, gives them a fine and a Notice To Appear
--By the way, the wait time for such hearings is
around six years--While waiting for their court date, the illegal immigrant can apply for a work permit
--The work permit comes with a Social Security Number
--The number of people involved here rose from ~270k in 2021 to a whopping 2.1
million in 2024.
--Approximately 1.3 million of these immigrants apply to, and are granted, Medicaid(!)
--The SS system is set up to apply maximum inclusion, maximum benefit, and minimum collection
...and then a bunch (we don't know the actual number) of those immigrants actually registered to vote,
and voted.
Such a story, if true, plays directly into the hands of republicans. It reinforces any number of preconceived notions, and the narrative becomes:
--Democrats not only choose to not enforce immigration law, not just actively thwart efforts to enforce it,
but incentivize it with malicious intent--Millions of people enter the country illegally
--Not only are illegal immigrants not prosecuted or deported, but they are given free-for-them (but citizen-taxpayer-funded) healthcare, education, etc, along with voter registration
--These grateful immigrants become a permanent part of the democrat voting base, even though they can't legally vote. And Democrats sure ain't gonna go looking for voter fraud.
--Democrats thus establish permanent power by importing their voters and turning a blind eye to the fraud that gets them elected.
True? On the one hand, I really hope not, because it would mean that there's very serious, systemic rot going on. On the other hand, there's a bit of hope that it *is* true, because Medicaid is a HUGE portion of federal and state spending--about $850 Billion total. Also, exposing large-scale abuse goes a long way toward stripping it (and SS) of their inviolable status.
Overblown? Maybe. Is the NTA -> work permit -> SS -> Medicare/voting pipeline legal? How much money are we actually talking about?
