Authors,Title,Type,Centers/Programs,Focus,Date,Summary,Citation "Tran Dang","Population at Risk: Elderly Undocumented Mexican Workers","Issue Brief","Center for the U.S. and Mexico",,"July 29, 2019","When illegal workers use false documents to get a job in the U.S., their employers may complete the paperwork by deducting Social Security, federal, state and Medicare taxes from each paycheck. As of 2010, illegal workers have contributed $12 billion to the Social Security system alone. Such workers face poverty in old age, as they are barred from collecting retirement benefits because of their immigration status, and they have not accrued a pension in their home country.","Dang, Tran N. Population At Risk: Elderly Undocumented Mexican Workers. Issue brief no. 07.29.19. Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Houston, Texas."