Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
The bill amends the Social Security Act to bar wages and self-employment income earned by aliens while unauthorized in the United States from counting as creditable wages or self-employment income for Social Security. It directs the Commissioner of Social Security to recompute primary insurance amounts as needed, applies to wages earned before, on, or after enactment, and states the amendments affect benefits only for months after enactment.
Progressives emphasize harm to workers who paid payroll taxes.
Substantive but narrowly targeted change likely to find support among proponents of immigration restrictions; still divisive and may face organized opposition.
The bill amends the Social Security Act to bar wages and self-employment income earned by aliens while unauthorized in the United States from counting as creditable wages or self-employment income for Social Security.
It directs the Commissioner of Social Security to recompute primary insurance amounts as needed, applies to wages earned before, on, or after enactment, and states the amendments affect benefits only for months after enactment.
Contentious immigration-entitlement mix and administrative/legal complications reduce enactment prospects absent strong, cohesive support in both chambers.
How solid the drafting looks.
Progressives emphasize harm to workers who paid payroll taxes.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize harm to workers who paid payroll taxes.
Likely to oppose the bill as punitive and unfair to workers who may have paid payroll taxes.
Concern will focus on effects on low-income families, civil rights, and administrative fairness given retroactive application.
Mixed view: recognizes rule-of-law rationale but worries about costs, implementation complexity, and retroactive recomputation.
Would seek CBO estimate and clearer administrative guidance before backing the bill.
Generally supportive: enforces immigration rules, prevents unauthorized aliens from gaining Social Security credits, and preserves benefits for legal workers.
Expects the measure to reduce incentives for illegal employment.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Contentious immigration-entitlement mix and administrative/legal complications reduce enactment prospects absent strong, cohesive support in both chambers.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize harm to workers who paid payroll taxes.
Contentious immigration-entitlement mix and administrative/legal complications reduce enactment prospects absent strong, cohesive support i…
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