Whistleblower: Trump aides plotted to declare millions dead to pressure immigration

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Whistleblower: Trump aides plotted to declare millions dead to pressure immigration
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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.

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