Representatives at U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DOGE, led informally by X CEO Elon Musk, asked CMS in the past quarter to offer access to data systems that include household names and the health data of those enrolled in Medicare, the Washington Post reported Wednesday night.
CMS had not yet granted the request of the two national companies as of first April.
Medicare, a national health insurance plan for adults over 65, is not applicable to illegal immigrants, but DOGE has spent the early months of Trump’s subsequent name trying to identify illegal immigrants, some of whom live in mixed-status households, for imprisonment.
DOGE is seeking to check recipients ‘ Social Security numbers against the CMS database to see if they attempted to file claims and provided a home address.
Social Security numbers are issued at the time work authorization documents are given to immigrants who are paroled into the country. Trump declared his intention not to renew legal status for parolees admitted during the Biden administration, forcing roughly half a million immigrants to leave the country or go into hiding.
Trump has maintained since taking office that illegal immigrants are using Medicare and Social Security, though they are not eligible for either benefit.
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Earlier this month, the White House forced the Social Security Administration to list 6, 000 living immigrants found in the program as dead so that they would no longer be eligible for benefits and might leave the country. DOGE’s efforts to gain access to IRS data for immigration enforcement also contributed to an exodus of senior leaders from the agency.
On Tuesday, Trump took executive action aimed at cracking down on , Social Security , fraud. The White House emphasized its efforts to prevent illegal immigrants from incorrectly receiving benefits.
