Noncitizens receiving SSI are 9 percent of the noncitizens in poverty. Native born receiving SSI are 13 percent of the native born in poverty. Noncitizens have a poverty rate more than twice that of native born. Only 11 percent of SSI recipients are noncitizens. In FY 1996, only 12.5 percent of SSI funds went to noncitizens.
Most immigrants are far too young to consider retirement.
The median age of recent immigrants is 27 years old. The median age of native born is 34 years old. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act greatly strengthen the sponsor deeming requirements by, among other changes, increasing the amount of income deemed and extending deeming until a person becomes a U.S. citizen. Some sponsors have died and, because of misfortune, some are unable to meet the immigrants' basic needs. Data from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Commerce.