What to know about the Social Security Administration listing thousands of living immigrants as dead

RAYMOND VARGAS JR. THE REASON I AM DOING THIS IS BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS COMPLETELY DEVASTATED. FIRST TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS. NOW IN A 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES EXCLUSIVE WRONGFUL DEATH. THE FAMILY OF A GLEN BURNIE WOMAN HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. ONE YEAR AFTER 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES FIRST REVEALED THAT THE FEDERAL AGENCY MISTAKENLY DECLARED THE WOMAN DEAD, CUTTING OFF HER MONEY AND BENEFITS. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TOLLY TAYLOR JOINS US NOW LIVE IN THE STUDIO. AND, HOLLY, YOU LEARNED THAT THIS IS REALLY A BIG PROBLEM AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. YEAH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY LASER FOCUSED ON WHETHER DEAD PEOPLE ARE STILL RECEIVING SSA BENEFITS. BUT THIS STORY WAS ABOUT SOMEONE WHO바카라 게임 웹사이트�S ALIVE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT SHE ISN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T DEAD. A MISTAKE WE LEARNED THE SSA HAS MADE THOUSANDS OF TIMES PER YEAR. JOYCE EVANS SPOKE TO 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES IN MARCH 2020 FOR THREE MONTHS AFTER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION MISTAKENLY DECLARED HER DEAD, CUTTING HER OFF FROM THE IRS, MEDICARE, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, HER CREDIT CARDS AND HER RETIREMENT CHECKS. MONTHS LATER, SHE WAS FACING FORECLOSURE. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M DEFINITELY GOING TO GET A LAWYER. I CAN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T THINK THIS IS RIGHT. I THINK THEY NEED TO STRAIGHTEN UP THEIR SYSTEM. ARE YOU ARE YOU SEEKING TO FIND AN ATTORNEY BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT YOUR YOUR BENEFITS REINSTATED? OR ARE YOU LOOKING TO SUE? I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M GOING TO SUE THEM. I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T THINK THIS IS RIGHT. SHE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE. LAST JULY, THE 89 YEAR OLD DIED OF HEART RELATED ISSUES. IN A LAWSUIT FILED ON MARCH 20TH, THE FAMILY OF JOYCE EVANS AND ATTORNEYS SAY JOYCE MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE IF NOT FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION바카라 게임 웹사이트�S MISTAKE. IN DECEMBER 2023, SHE WAS ANXIOUS AND UPSET. SHE CRIED. SHE COULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T EAT. SHE COULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T SLEEP. SHE WENT INTO A MAJOR DEPRESSION. THE LAWSUIT CITES 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES REPORTING, WHICH FOUND THAT DURING A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD, MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE WERE MISTAKENLY ADDED TO SSA바카라 게임 웹사이트�S DEATH MASTER FILE EACH YEAR, TERMINATING THEIR BENEFIT PAYMENTS. WE GOT A NICE THANK YOU LETTER FROM SOCIAL SECURITY SAYING THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트�RE SORRY THEY DID THIS. WE APOLOGIZE. AFTER HOURS OF PHONE CALLS AND FIVE VISITS IN PERSON TO THE LOCAL SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE IN GLEN BURNIE, THEY REACHED OUT TO 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES AND SAY THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S WHEN THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE. AFTER WE SPOKE AND IT WAS BROADCAST, I GOT CALLS THE NEXT DAY FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SECURITY. I GOT A CALL FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FOLLOWING DAY. SO NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT WAS. BROADCAST. STILL, MICHAEL SAYS HIS MOTHER바카라 게임 웹사이트�S BENEFITS WERE NEVER FULLY RESTORED. WHEN SHE DIED IN JULY. IF SSA WERE TO JUST REQUIRE A DEATH CERTIFICATE BEFORE REPORTING THIS OUT, IT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM OVERNIGHT AND THERE WOULD BE ZERO ERRORS. THE EVANS FAMILY SAY THEY DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE, AND THE ATTORNEYS ARE ASKING A MARYLAND JUDGE TO MAKE THIS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW OTHER VICTIMS OF THIS MISTAKE TO JOIN. THE SSA TELLS ME THAT THEY DO NOT COMMENT ON PEN

The Trump administration's move to classify thousands of living immigrants as dead and cancel their Social Security numbers is an escalation of the president's crackdown on people who were legally allowed to live in the U.S. under programs instituted by his predecessor.The move will make it much harder for affected immigrants to use banks or other basic services where Social Security numbers are required.Video above: Family sues after Social Security declared woman deadThe White House says that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�by removing the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self-deport.바카라 게임 웹사이트�However, the affected individuals newly added to the Social Security Administration's 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Death Master File바카라 게임 웹사이트� are in the country legally. Immigrant advocates say the administration is committing "digital murder."Here's what we know about the administration's plan to note some immigrants as dead in Social Security data:Who is being affected?A Trump administration official said the SSA moved roughly 6,300 immigrants바카라 게임 웹사이트� names and Social Security numbers to a database that federal officials normally use to track the deceased after the Department of Homeland Security identified them as temporarily paroled aliens on the terrorist watch list or with FBI criminal records.The administration has not provided evidence of this assertion.The SSA maintains the most complete federal database of individuals who have died, known as the Death Master File. It contains more than 142 million records going back to 1899.Video below: Social Security will soon implement stricter identity verification rulesIn its latest move, the White House has taken to referring to it as the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Ineligible Master File."Effective April 8, Customs and Border Patrol terminated parole for all these individuals with written notice to each of them, the Trump administration official said. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and discussed the development on condition of anonymity.What happens when you lose access to a Social Security number?Without a Social Security number, you cannot legally get a job, collect Social Security benefits or receive certain government benefits. Some school districts may prevent children from enrolling in school without a Social Security number.And while some banks allow people to open an account without a Social Security number, stripping immigrants of their Social Security numbers will cut them off from many other financial services.Devin O바카라 게임 웹사이트�Connor, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said that the move is unprecedented and that never before have people been deliberately added to death rolls when they are still alive.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The administration is saying they have the right to declare someone as dead when they have not died 바카라 게임 웹사이트� where is the oversight here?" O'Connor asked. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�And what happens when they make a mistake?바카라 게임 웹사이트�Former Social Security Administrator Martin O바카라 게임 웹사이트�Malley told The Associated Press, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The police state is here, now.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The administration's latest move violates privacy rules meant to protect everyone's personal data, he said.How does this affect the broader public?Experts warn that the targeting of immigrants could just be the beginning.O'Connor said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The idea that you can rename the Death Master File and decide you can put people on the list as persona non grata" is unheard of and should concern everyone.바카라 게임 웹사이트�If they can do it to one group, they can do it to anyone 바카라 게임 웹사이트� in error or in malice,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kathleen Romig, the director of Social Security and disability policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, posted on the BlueSky social media app Thursday.Video below: Dying man qualifies for Social Security, family fears money won't come in time바카라 게임 웹사이트�A person must be (asterisk)lawfully admitted(asterisk) to the U.S. to be assigned a Social Security number,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said in another post.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t let the Trump Administration gaslight you. Their 바카라 게임 웹사이트�digital murder바카라 게임 웹사이트� policy isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t about undocumented immigrants. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s about people who came here legally.바카라 게임 웹사이트�How else is the administration tracking down immigrants?Earlier this week, DHS revoked the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who used the CBP One app. They had generally been allowed to remain in the U.S. for two years with work authorization under presidential parole authority during the Biden era but are now expected to self-deport.Additionally, DHS and the Treasury Department signed a deal this week that would allow the IRS to share immigrants바카라 게임 웹사이트� tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. The agreement will allow ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records.The acting IRS commissioner, Melanie Krause, who had served in that capacity since February, stepped down over that deal.Advocates say the Treasury-DHS information-sharing agreement violates privacy laws and diminishes the privacy of all Americans.

WASHINGTON —

The Trump administration's move to and cancel their Social Security numbers is an escalation of the president's crackdown on people who were legally allowed to live in the U.S. under programs instituted by his predecessor.

The move will make it much harder for affected immigrants to use banks or other basic services where Social Security numbers are required.

Video above: Family sues after Social Security declared woman dead

The White House says that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�by removing the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self-deport.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

However, the affected individuals newly added to the Social Security Administration's 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Death Master File바카라 게임 웹사이트� are in the country legally. Immigrant advocates say the administration is committing "digital murder."

Here's what we know about the administration's plan to note some immigrants as dead in Social Security data:

Who is being affected?

A Trump administration official said the SSA moved roughly 6,300 immigrants바카라 게임 웹사이트� names and Social Security numbers to a database that federal officials normally use to track the deceased after the Department of Homeland Security identified them as temporarily paroled aliens on the terrorist watch list or with FBI criminal records.

The administration has not provided evidence of this assertion.

The SSA maintains the most complete federal database of individuals who have died, known as the Death Master File. It contains more than 142 million records going back to 1899.

Video below: Social Security will soon implement stricter identity verification rules

In its latest move, the White House has taken to referring to it as the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Ineligible Master File."

Effective April 8, Customs and Border Patrol terminated parole for all these individuals with written notice to each of them, the Trump administration official said. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and discussed the development on condition of anonymity.

What happens when you lose access to a Social Security number?

Without a Social Security number, you cannot legally get a job, collect Social Security benefits or receive certain government benefits. Some school districts may prevent children from enrolling in school without a Social Security number.

And while some banks allow people to open an account without a Social Security number, stripping immigrants of their Social Security numbers will cut them off from many other financial services.

Devin O바카라 게임 웹사이트�Connor, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said that the move is unprecedented and that never before have people been deliberately added to death rolls when they are still alive.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The administration is saying they have the right to declare someone as dead when they have not died 바카라 게임 웹사이트� where is the oversight here?" O'Connor asked. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�And what happens when they make a mistake?바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Former Social Security Administrator Martin O바카라 게임 웹사이트�Malley told The Associated Press, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The police state is here, now.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The administration's latest move violates privacy rules meant to protect everyone's personal data, he said.

How does this affect the broader public?

Experts warn that the targeting of immigrants could just be the beginning.

O'Connor said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The idea that you can rename the Death Master File and decide you can put people on the list as persona non grata" is unheard of and should concern everyone.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�If they can do it to one group, they can do it to anyone 바카라 게임 웹사이트� in error or in malice,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kathleen Romig, the director of Social Security and disability policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, posted on the BlueSky social media app Thursday.

Video below: Dying man qualifies for Social Security, family fears money won't come in time

바카라 게임 웹사이트�A person must be (asterisk)lawfully admitted(asterisk) to the U.S. to be assigned a Social Security number,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said in another post.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t let the Trump Administration gaslight you. Their 바카라 게임 웹사이트�digital murder바카라 게임 웹사이트� policy isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t about undocumented immigrants. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s about people who came here legally.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

How else is the administration tracking down immigrants?

Earlier this week, DHS revoked the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who used the CBP One app. They had generally been allowed to remain in the U.S. for two years with work authorization under authority during the Biden era but are now expected to self-deport.

Additionally, DHS and the Treasury Department signed a deal this week that would with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. The agreement will allow ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records.

The acting IRS commissioner, Melanie Krause, who had served in that capacity since February, .

Advocates say the Treasury-DHS information-sharing agreement violates privacy laws and diminishes the privacy of all Americans.