What would it mean not to have a social security card?
Albert Mendoza was a baccalaureate social work intern at Crime Victims Center, an agency serving crime victims. His client, Carlos Hernandez, was a Mexican immigrant who sought both financial assistance for medical care and counseling for his family after they were assaulted in their home. Carlos was unable to communicate in English, and Albert had difficulty with his limited Spanish language proficiency. Albert began to suspect that Carlos was in the country illegally. He worried that he didn’t know the law about services available to illegal immigrants, specifically the Crime Victim’s Compensation funds. The agency did not have another Spanish-speaking worker, and Albert, a new social work intern, had primary responsibility for the case.
If students have researched the immigration status possibilities in this case and the law around social security cards and benefits, they will be able to respond to this question. There was no information in the case to tell us whether or not services were accessible to persons without a social security card or if the agency had asked for a social security number in the application for Crime Victim Compensation funds. There was a sense from the case that having a social security card provided legitimacy for services. That would imply that not having a social security card would be a barrier to accessing services.
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