According to Paul M. Weyrich, "Totalization" is the name for this idea, and it would permit a Mexican worker to combine their years spent working in the United States and Mexico when applying for Social Security benefits. There is very good reason for Americans to be concerned about "totalization" because we could end up sending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Mexico, further straining our Social Security system. We could add as many as 162,000 Mexicans to our Social Security rolls during the agreement's first five years.

Wyrich, does not want immigrants to get social security benefits because in his opinion all that money would be sent back to Mexico. He also against it because that money could be used here, instead of being spent in another country.

Immigrants work for the same reason Americans work in the United States. That reason is to have a better future and a better life for their family. In my opinion, immigrants should have the benefits to receive Social Security because every person deserves to earn back the money they have worked for many years. These people called "immigrants" are working the same way and the same hours as any other American. The money that they would get back should not concern anyone but themselves. It's money these people have been working on for so many years.