Whistleblower: Trump aides plotted to declare millions dead to pressure immigration
TL;DR
A former Social Security Administration official testified that the Trump administration discussed using a death database to mark 2.7 million living people — including U.S. citizens and permanent residents — as dead to pressure immigrants to leave the country; the plan was never carried out, and lawmakers are weighing the implications and reactions from Democrats.
Topics:nationpolitics#donald-trump#immigration#immigration-policy#politics#social-security-administration#us-government
- Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims The Washington Post
- Trump Team Wanted to Force Immigrants Out by Declaring Them Dead The New Republic
- Whistleblower Exposes Trump Goons’ Jaw-Dropping Social Security Plot The Daily Beast
- DOGE wanted to declare 2.7 million people ‘dead’ at Social Security: Whistleblower MarketWatch
- Trump’s DOGE team wanted to declare 2.7 million living people dead, report says The Independent
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