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To the editor:
In rebuttal to “No method to the madness” (The Chief, Letters, March 28):
According to sources on the Internet undocumented immigrants in 2022 contributed $65 billion to Social Security. That same year Social Security paid out $1.07 trillion dollars in retirement benefits alone. The contribution by undocumented immigrants is 6 percent. Wow! I guess Social Security would collapse without them (“No method to the madness,” The Chief, Letters, March 28).
What about the gangs importing the highly poisonous fentanyl? What about the murder of Laken Riley and her grieving family? According to the ICE website, 2,894 non-citizens were arrested in 2024 who had been convicted of homicide. What about their victims? The argument "citizens commit more crimes" is little comfort to the victims of undocumented immigrants.
And as I have posted twice and heard crickets from the "let everyone in" set: what about the unaccompanied 9-year-old girl I saw on the subway about a year ago, hawking candy and gum? Low-hanging fruit to be kidnapped, human trafficked, sexually abused. My heart ached for her. My father (RIP) and mother (still with us at 92) were far from perfect, and in fact when I was 9 years old, my father was in a prolonged period of underemployment. My sister and I were never sent out into the street to make money.
I don't know if this country is better or worse because of undocumented immigrants but I do know I would like to see all the facts.
Nat Weiner
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