News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Low Wages to Immigrants. Parent comment

Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by michaelmrose on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:41PM (#13581893)
You can't get social security unless you pay in for a sufficient number of years
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by wmil on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:23PM (#13582963)
But that's not the only program. You can get Supplemental Security Income without even being a citizen or ever having paid in.

https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/spotlights/spot-non-citizens.htm

Also you can generally get Medicare if you're old and you've paid in for a few years.

[ Parent | on HN ]