- The Trump administration is reportedly looking to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. The New York Times is reporting that the administration is trying to undo Biden-era policies by urging those with temporary legal status to self-deport.
- In addition, the Times says the Trump administration is taking action to scrub people with temporary legal status from having Social Security numbers and thus a means to earn money.
- Critics say this policy risks having innocent Americans mistakenly wind up on the list.
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The Trump administration is reportedly looking to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. They were allowed into the United States and allowed to stay as part of action by the Biden administration.
The policy by former President Joe Biden allowed migrants to avoid crossing the border illegally, and they were given Social Security numbers and federal benefits, in some cases.
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What is the president doing?
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is now urging those with such temporary legal status to self-deport. The Times report says the administration is repurposing Social Security’s “Death Master File.” The file has been used to track dead people who no longer should receive benefits. Instead, this new tactic, including the names of living people, means the government may treat them as if they were deceased.
As a result of winding up on the list, a person would lose the possibility of getting a Social Security number in the United States, and thus a key form of identity that allows them to earn money.
How many people will this policy impact?
The report indicates that more than 6,300 migrants who had temporary legal status but were either on a government terror watch list or had FBI criminal records, were added to the list in the week of April 6 and had their status revoked.
A White House official said nearly 1,000 of the migrants had received federal benefits worth about $600,000 including Medicaid, unemployment and student loans that are now cut off.
Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek of the Social Security Administration reportedly sent an email to staff, saying that the “financial lives” of those on the list were being “terminated.”
Back in February, Dudek agreed to provide the Department of Homeland Security with the last known addresses of nearly 100,000 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE has been conducting raids and roundups in various parts of the country since President Donald Trump took office.
By using Social Security data to freeze out certain immigrants, the Times reports that President Trump is undoing what he says was Biden’s open borders policy.
Critics fear the enforcement role, involving Social Security, could result in people, including American citizens, mistakenly winding up on the list.
