This is how it’s done
The total SSNs issued in 2021 was roughly 270,000; in 2022 it climbed to 590,000, and in 2023, there were 964,000 SSNs issued to new non-citizens. But in 2024 it more than doubled to over 2 million. This counts only non-citizens who got their SSNs through the Enumeration Beyond Entry program, a system where the Social Security Administration automatically issues SSNs and cards to certain foreign nationals in the U.S., as part of an agreement with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Gracias explained the ease with which illegal aliens transformed into Social-Security-card-carrying beneficiaries of America’s generosity under Biden. One way was for aliens to enter the U.S. and tell authorities they are afraid for their safety. They are interviewed and given an asylum case.
Or they entered the U.S. and simply walked up to a border patrol officer to say they wanted to stay. The illegal alien would be charged with a minor administrative offense, like a parking ticket, then they were released with a notice to appear before a judge. The average wait to see an immigration judge was six years, Gracias said, because there are only around 700 immigration judges and around 5.5 million people waiting for a hearing.
“Once you’re in the country and you’ve got asylum through one of these pathways … you can apply for a work document. You file an
I-765, it’s the work authorization form.” The I-765 asks if you have a SSN, or if you would like to be issued a SSN and a Social Security card. Mail in the I-765 and soon you receive a 766 card — also called a work authorization card — to put in your wallet.
The Social Security Administration automatically sends you, in the mail, your Social Security Number. No interview. No ID,” Gracias told the Wisconsin crowd.
“That big bump that you’re seeing there? I can’t tell you how large a proportion, but a pretty large proportion, are people who really shouldn’t be in the United States but who, because of the way that they entered, and the way that the Biden administration treated them, are now eligible for Social Security Numbers.”
Once non-citizens living in the United States have a Social Security Number, the opportunities to commit fraud become clear.
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