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To: RealMuLan who wrote (9354)	3/3/2003 4:43:36 PM
From: David Jones	Respond to of 306849

...dipping into Supplementary Social Security... Ok I understand.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (9354)	3/4/2003 3:14:14 AM
From: put2rich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<In your case, those people are dipping into Supplementary Social Security (SSS), not the Social Security itself (because they have never contributed to Social Security fund). But I think it is now getting very difficult for immigrants to have SSS. I think I read that in the decade of 1990's, just in Chicago area, there were >200,000 Jewish immigrants from ex-USSR, and a lot of them were retirement-age when they came, and were eligible for SSS from day one. I guess the US got too much money back then<g>. >> Again an immigrant come here due to economic/family-reunion; he is still qualified for SSS if he stays here more than 5 yrs (his sponsor signed paper to fully support him up to 5 yrs) and if he is 65+. Those from Russia as you saw are refugees thus they are immediately considered as a US born citizen. Even if one come here under H1B or L1, and then if have kids under 18 yo, still are qualified for welfare/medical, as I think so!!!