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Social Security Classifies Thousands Of Immigrants As Dead, As Part Of Trump Crackdown

Migrants exit U.S. immigration in July 2023 in Brownsville, Texas after appearing at appointments regarding their cases. (Meridith Kohut/For The Washington Post)

The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively erasing their ability to receive benefits or work legally in the United States, according to four people familiar with the situation and records obtained by The Washington Post.

The move, requested by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, is aimed at putting pressure on the undocumented immigrants to self-deport from the country, according to a White House official.

Among the people being targeted are immigrants who have bona fide Social Security numbers but have lost their legal status in the United States, such as those who entered under one of the Biden administration’s temporary work programs that have since ended.

The White House official — who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the new program — said those who were moved into the Social Security database this week all have ties to terrorist activity or criminal records. The official did not provide evidence of the alleged crimes or terrorist ties but said some are included on the FBI’s terror watch list.

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“President Trump promised mass deportations and by removing the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self deport,” Elizabeth Huston, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement. “He is delivering on his promise he made to the American people.”

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