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To: RealMuLan who wrote (9343)	3/3/2003 3:00:30 PM
From: David Jones	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

....PR of 5 years or longer can apply for becoming US citizens.... Personal residence doesn't have to mean they paid into SS. My example given, was a man that has never worked here, lives with his daughter and only tips back beer. Yet still allowed to dip into SS because of his age.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (9343)	3/4/2003 2:49:01 AM
From: put2rich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<Pointless argument.The INS rule is that PR of 5 years or longer can apply for becoming US citizens. So the minute SS (Social Security?) changes the rule, those legal immigrants would apply and become the US citizens, and no one can stop them. And mind you, these legal immigrants pay every penny of tax just like the US citizens do.>> If an immigrant is under a refugee status he can get SSS(Supplemental SS), where the fund paid by workers, even not working a day in the States, as long as he is 62+ or more payment at 65+. As I heard this amount is almost the same to what a low-paid worker gets when he/she is old. The difference is that the immigrant can not live outside the States and still receive the payment. If an immigrant comes here due to a family reunion petition then he/she is not qualified for any aid up to 5 yrs from the arrival. This rule was not very strict a couple years ago when the fed/local gov. awashed with too much money!