John Ensign: “first I want to address what Senator Kennedy said in case there is misinformation out there in what he said, that Mel…”

“first I want to address what Senator Kennedy said in case there is misinformation out there in what he said, that Mel Martinez and others would not qualify for benefits under my amendment. That is absolutely false. We have cleared this, we have run the traps on it. It is necessary to make sure that not just someone who is here illegally now who is stealing someone's identity but it is when they become legalized that we want to prevent them from getting Social Security benefits. That is the problem with the Stabenow amendment, that illegals cannot get benefits now. What we want to do is prevent them, if they become legalized--that the work they did when they stole someone's Social Security number, we don't want them to have benefits.”