The Trump administration has been reportedly increasing its tactics to withdraw the temporary legal status of immigrants allowed in the US as part of the Biden administration. Latest efforts include adding migrants that are legally in the Social Security Administration “Main Death File”, Effectively blacklisted from the American Financial System, New York Times reports.
Sources, including family members, funeral houses, financial institutions and more death in the United States in social security, which the agency records in the so -called Death Master’s Database. Once there, on the borders of financial and medical institutions, as well as other government agencies are reported, and banking and financial institutions view the list to prevent theft.
Trump administration hopes that adding migrants to this list-which will disable them from most financial services- Term Reports. These social insurance numbers were legally obtained within the framework of the program created by President Joe Biden, which gave some migrants a temporary legal status in the US that allowed them to work.
“The goal consists Term Reports.
More than 6,000 people were added earlier this week. Trump administration states that migrants that have been added Term The reports, though the list included minors. But the current and former SSA staff said Term They are concerned that erroneous data may mean that others are incorrectly posted on this list, including Americans.
The Social Insurance Administration and the White House did not respond to a comment request.
In addition to the main file, there are pulsation effects throughout life: their health insurance or Medicare coverage can be stopped, credit cards can be canceled and pensions can be lost. They can lose access to their bank accounts and even in their homes, as well as state benefits from agencies such as the Veterans Department, the Ministry of Defense and so on.
This is not the first time that the main information about the death of social security has become politicized by the Trump administration. Earlier this year, Advisor Elon Musk and his Department of Government Effectiveness have made statements that SSA pays tens of thousands of people over 100, using it as evidence that the agency requires major overhaul. Ssa denies these inaccuracies.
Also this week Trump administration has taken steps to share Long data outside IRS with immigration and customs forced execution Identify and deport the undocumented immigrants. Some best officials in IRS resigned As a result, including the commissioner’s duties. Undered immigrants paid 96.7 billion dollars In federal, state and local taxes in 2022, reports Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy.
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2025-04-12 14:19:00
Alicia Adamczyk