US Edition"Dead" migrants and conspiracy theories: Trump's Social Security offensive
- Elizabeth Warren launched a Social Security War Room to oppose cuts by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, which threaten benefits for seniors and disabled Americans.
- Warren claims that Musk and Trump are making it harder for people to receive Social Security benefits they have earned.
- Mistaken deaths have been reported due to the Social Security Administration's errors, with around 600 individuals incorrectly added to the Death Master File monthly.
- Critics have accused Musk of spreading false claims about Social Security fraud, which may lead to increased misidentifications of living people as deceased.
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'Bane of my existence': How Trump is creating hardships for Social Security recipients
Tesla/SpaceX/X.com head Elon Musk, leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for the Trump Administration, claims that Social Security payments are going out to countless people who died — and that the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) is failing to combat rampant Social Security fraud. But Musk's critics are debunking those claims, accusing him of pushing a bogus conspiracy theory.The Washington Post, however, reports that …
"Dead" migrants and conspiracy theories: Trump's Social Security offensive
By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español The Trump administration has included the names of thousands of people who may have entered the country legally under the Biden-era temporary immigration programs that have since been revoked in the Social Security “master death record,” another aggressive measure aimed at putting economic pressure on immigrants to eventually “self-deport.” By including them in this database, immigrants (who are alive) are cla…
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