Confidential
July 15, 2025
Social Security Retirement Funds
Estimated Changes with the Blue Card
Assumptions:
There will be a 50% participation rate of the 30,000,000 undocumented aliens in the Blue Card program.
Average annual Social Security contributions are $8,300 annually.
Each Blue Card enrollment fee is a one-time payment of $20,000.
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A chart showing the recent financial history of the SS Trust Fund.
Income Total Cost Change Reserves
2014 884,276 859,230 25,046 2,789,476
2015 920,157 897,123 23,034 2,812,510
2016 957,453 922,276 35,177 2,847,687
2017 996,581 952,478 44,103 2,891,789
2018 1,003,373 1,000,233 3,140 2,894,929
2019 1,061,775 1,059,299 2,476 2,897,405
2020 1,118,096 1,107,214 10,881 2,908,286
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Income Total Cost Change Reserves
2021 1,088,326 1,144,582 -56,256 2,852,030
2022 1,221,782 1,243,925 -22,143 2,829,887
2023 1,350,686 1,392,110 -41,424 2,788,463
2024 1,417,757 1,484,753 -66,997 2,721,466
Totals and Delta change with the addition of aliens.
15,000,000 gain Blue Card status by paying $20,000*
15,000,000 pay the average SS benefit**
2025* +300,000 25,000 275,000 2,996,476
2025** +124,500 124,500 3,120,976
Income Total Cost Change Reserves
2025 1,842,500 1,550,000 298,500 3,199,966
2026 1,684,500 1,600,000 84,500 3,104,466
2027 1,798,000 1,680,000 118,000 3,222,466
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