Florida Senator Marco Rubio hit the Senate floor this week to explain how illegal immigrants are currently enjoying more money and benefits from the government than retired Americans.
“One of the things I see a lot in South Florida are people that have been in this country who may have come here from Cuba 45 years ago. They’ve worked here their entire lives. They retire. They get $800, $900, $1000 a month from Social Security,” Rubio begins. “Then, they run into somebody who just got here from Cuba three months ago, 29 years old, doesn’t work, and is given $1500 a month in benefits from our government because they’re refugees. That refugee a year later is traveling back to Cuba fifteen times. So you’re a refugee who is fleeing oppression from a place you’re going back to visit fifteen times.”
“And in the meantime, we’re giving you Medicaid, food stamps, health care for your children, cash payments from the refugee fund. So, imagine if you’ve been working here for 40 years and your Social Security benefits are less than a 28-year-old who just got here.”
“That’s real. That happens. That makes no sense.”
Watch the clip below:
Refugees in their 20’s get more than what retirees who worked & paid taxes get from social security pic.twitter.com/2Ax2PofRUL
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 13, 2024
