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This is a trick question….or rather a complicated one. A person need not be a citizen to receive Social Security benefits. The amount of a Social Security benefit is always based on the amount of Social Security taxes paid by a wage earner . A wage earner’s spouse / widow, child under age 18 , a disabled child or dependent parent can receive benefits on his/ her account (with restrictions ). A dependent parent can receive a Social Security benefit if the deceased wage earner contributed more than 50% to the parent’s support. If you have questions regarding Social Security benefits check the SSA website . The entitlement requirements for Social Security benefits are numerous and complex.Social Security also administérs the SSI (Supplemental Security Income) program . SSI is not a Social Security benefit. This is a needs based (welfare) program for disabled adults and children and those over age 65. A ‘qualified alien’ can receive SSI . Please go to the SSA website for the definition of a qualified alien. It is a complex determination.

Hey Angie!While we’re in the midst of the deadliest pandemic and worst domestic crisis in 100 years — COVID-19 — one would think our government’s number one priority would be to protect its citizens to the best of its ability. Not in Trumpland!Instead of ramping up testing, getting protective equipment to workers, or sending resources to nursing homes where tens of thousands of seniors are dying of COVID-19, Donald Trump’s obsessed with cutting payroll taxes, Social Security’s dedicated revenue. Trump is insisting on a payroll tax cut for workers. Why some experts say it's a 'terrible' ideaNow, Trump’s economic advisers and his unqualified creepy android son-in-law Jared Kushner have another way to undermine Social Security: The so-called “Eagle Plan,” which would be more aptly named the Work ’Til You Die Plan. It would give people $10,000, but only if they agreed to sign away a portion of their future Social Security benefits. This plan asks desperate families, terrified of going without food or being thrown out of their homes, to sacrifice their retirement. Jeffrey Stein on TwitterPlans like this one betray a wilful refusal to understand the nature of Social Security, which is insurance, not a piggy bank. It replaces wages lost when a worker retires, becomes disabled, or dies leaving dependents. Workers earn these benefits with every paycheck.Turning Social Security from guaranteed insurance into a private account is a longstanding goal of Wall Street billionaires. Right now, Wall Street gets no money from Social Security. But if it were converted into hundreds of millions of private accounts, Wall Street would reap huge profits.George W. Bush infamously attempted to convert Social Security into a piggy bank for Wall Street, and was resoundingly rebuked by the American people in the 2006 midterm elections. Given this unpopularity, proponents of privatization are using sneaky backdoor tactics instead. Social Security at roots of shiftBack in 2018, Ivanka Trump released a parental leave plan with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL). They referred to this proposal as “paid leave,” but it actually asked parents to fund their own leave by forgoing future Social Security benefits. The plan was developed by the Independent Women’s Forum, a Koch Brothers-funded think tank whose president eagerly anticipated that it would be a first step toward privatizing Social Security. Rubio’s ‘paid family leave’ plan is actually just cutting Social SecurityThe so-called “Eagle Plan” is strikingly similar to Ivanka’s fake paid leave plan, but even more cruel in the choice it would foist upon people in the middle of a pandemic. With over 32 million people newly unemployed, families across the country are in desperate need of income. Thanks to the Trump administration’s utter failure to manage the pandemic by implementing a widespread testing and tracing program, that desperation isn’t going away any time soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/22/what-would-robust-federal-testing-really-look-like-top-expert-explains/Yet the United States remains the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Congress just gave corporations a $4.5 trillion bailout. We can easily afford to both send families the income they need and expand their future Social Security benefits. Congressional Democrats are proposing to do just that by sending everyone in America $2,000 every month for the duration of the coronavirus crisis, while also expanding Social Security. Democratic senators propose $2,000 monthly payments to most AmericansAs long as Democrats stand united against Kushner’s terrible plan, it is a political gift to them. Workers across the country are already facing a retirement income crisis, and the pandemic is only making it worse. Voters overwhelmingly want to expand, not cut, Social Security’s modest benefits. The Trump administration’s attempts to undermine Social Security, whether through payroll tax cuts or through the “Eagle Plan” scheme, will be punished in November, as they should be. Polling Memo: Americans' Views on Social SecurityFortunately, the Democratic Party is on record in support of expanding, not cutting and certainly not privatizing Social Security. During the Democratic primary, Joe Biden faced scrutiny for his past openness to cuts to Social Security. That said, as the presumptive Democratic nominee, he’s done the right thing by fighting to expand Social Security benefits to address the nation’s looming retirement income crisis. He’s also come out for an immediate across-the-board increase in response to the pandemic. Joe Biden's record on Social Security isn't perfect, but Donald Trump's is far worseSeniors and people with disabilities are hit hardest by COVID-19. Democrats in both the House and the Senate have released plans to increase Social Security benefits in response to the crisis. Congress should ignore the monstrous “Eagle Plan” and pass those instead. Larson Introduces Coronavirus Relief Bill to Expand Social SecurityAnd that’s Trump and his thugs in the Trump Crime Syndicate aka the administration for you. It’s all about insatiable avarice and fanatic cruelty.Sources: everyone linked in the text and Inside Trump’s brazen plot to gut Social Security

I am 73 years old. My only income is social security of $913/mo., I owned a business jointly with an abusive husband and worked side by side with him 80 hours a week. Eventually I got a divorce and worked for myself before I was permanently disabled. When I started getting Social Security I was horrified to discover my former husband had stolen all my social security benefits by having our accountant report all our joint income in his name alone. Now he receives my share as well as his.I should just “work harder” to get out of poverty?