No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2025
No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2025 would change how the Social Security Administration counts earnings when benefits are calculated. Specifically, it would exclude wages earned for services performed by aliens who are not authorized to work in the United States, and it would exclude self-employment income derived from a trade or business that is illegally conducted in the United States, from the credits used to determine Social Security benefits. The bill directs SSA to recompute primary insurance amounts to reflect these changes as soon as practicable, applying to earnings before, on, or after enactment. Importantly, the law provides that these amendments affect benefits only for months after enactment (no retroactive benefit changes for earlier months).
Key Points
- 1Excludes wages for services performed by an alien not authorized to be employed in the United States from creditable wages for Social Security (Section 210(a)(19)).
- 2Excludes self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States from creditable self-employment income (Section 211(c), adds new paragraph 7).
- 3Amends the calculation of benefits by requiring recomputation of primary insurance amounts (PIA) to reflect these exclusions.
- 4Applies to earnings earned before, on, or after the enactment date, but benefits will be adjusted only for months after enactment (no retroactive benefit payments for prior months).
- 5The bill does not address immigration enforcement directly; its effect is limited to how SSA credits earnings toward benefit calculations.