Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to decry the fact that recent immigrants can often get more in federal payouts than Social Security recipients who worked their whole lives to qualify for their meager payouts.
Rubio focused his comments on Cuban refugees who came to America up to forty years ago, became contributing members of American society, and earned a Social Security benefit. He noted that many of these people who have been useful members of American society for decades are getting less in Social Security benefits than illegals and other immigrants are getting today and for far less effort, at that.
“One of the things I see a lot in South Florida are people that have been in this country — they may have came from Cuba 45 years ago. They’ve worked here their entire lives. They retire. They get $800, $900, $1,000 a month from Social Security,” Rubio said. “And they run into somebody who just got here from Cuba three months ago, 29 years old, doesn’t work, and he’s given $1,500 a month in benefits by our government ’cause they’re ‘refugees.’” […]
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