Crisis of Older Undocumented Workers Awaits Illinois – U.S. News and World Report

Now, this generation of immigrants faces the prospect of having lived and died in the shadows. Undocumented immigrants are blocked from accessing social programs that many seniors rely on, such as food stamps, public housing, Medicare and Social Security Insurance. “The social cost for families of these older adults not having access to services that they desperately need is huge,” said Padraic Stanley, a program coordinator and social worker at Rush and one of the report’s lead authors.