Cline’s Claim About Social Security ‘False’

May 7, 2025 Editor, the News-Gazette, Under the guise of protecting Social Security (despite previously advocating that the eligibility age be raised - a major hardship to seniors), Ben Cline posted that “More than two million Social Security numbers were issued to illegal immigrants. That gave them access to taxpayer-funded benefits that should go to American workers and families. These programs were never meant to serve those who entered this country illegally.” This is false.