Elderly Americans could face an average loss of $2,152 in annual Social Security benefits by 2034. The projected 8.6% reduction in their retirement payments, by 2034 and every year after, is a direct consequence of the Trump administration's anti-immigration campaign, if that carries on. The federal government risks losing a large segment of the payroll taxes from unauthorized immigrants who help to support the US social security fund that pays out to American seniors – while not being able to access those benefits themselves. They were paying IN so we could get benefits and they could not.