Social Security numbers canceled for thousands, migrants listed as dead: NYT
- The Trump administration reportedly added over 6,300 immigrants to a Social Security database.
- Trump officials planned the action to encourage migrants with revoked status to self-deport.
- This action involved potentially making Social Security numbers inoperable and cutting off financial services.
- Assistant Press Secretary Huston said that removing monetary incentive encourages migrants to self-deport.
- Critics fear innocent people could be wrongly added, facing hardship and financial disruption.
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Pressuring migrants to ‘self-deport,’ White House moves to cancel social security numbers - West Hawaii Today
Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were allowed into the country under President Joe Biden.
Social Security numbers canceled for thousands, migrants listed as dead: NYT
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. …
Trump seeks to revoke immigrants’ Social Security numbers | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration aims to convince some immigrants without legal status to self-deport by adding them to a database of dead people, thus rendering their Social Security numbers inoperable, an administration official told Reuters.
'Outrageous Abuse of Power': Trump Weaponizes Social Security for Deportation Spree
"Though Trump claimed he wouldn't cut benefits, he essentially is by diverting dedicated monies from their intended purpose of paying Social Security benefits to the immoral purpose of maliciously ruining lives."
U.S. orders migrants with temporary residence permits to leave the country
The U.S. government has sent warnings to migrants with temporary residence permits to "self-deport" if they do not want to be "expelled," a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the AFP. According to the U.S. press, the notifications were sent to the beneficiaries of the CBP One mobile phone app, created by the government of former Democratic President Joe Biden so that migrants could request an appointment and enter legal…
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