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admitted to the United States (thus "at entry"), whereas EBE is targeted towards those who are already in the US ("beyond entry").

== History of Social Security Numbers for Non-Citizens ==

The practice of issuing Social Security numbers to non-citizens existed long before the EBE program was established.

The EBE program merely made the process more efficient by eliminating the need for extraneous applications.

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assign Social Security numbers to all legally admitted non-citizens at entry and to anyone receiving or applying

for a Federal benefit. This was done to deal with concerns over welfare fraud and illegal work done by

unauthorized persons.<ref>{{cite |title=Report to Congress on Options for Enhancing the Social Security Card |url=https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/ssnreportc2.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite |title=Social Security Number Chronology |url=https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ssnchron.html}}</ref>

== Media attention ==