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Immigrants and the Social Security death master file

This authoritative-secondary source from Brookings Institution supports 1 claim across 1 ledger entry.

Publisher
Brookings Institution
Published
2025-04-17
Accessed
2026-09-03
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    Brookings documents the administration's use of Social Security's death master file against living immigrants who had lawfully obtained Social Security numbers and explains that a death-file entry can disrupt employment, banking, credit, and benefit access; it distinguishes those effects from proof that a person improperly received retirement benefits.

    Death-master-file mechanism, affected immigrants, and downstream financial effects

    Social Security immigration enforcement disabled financial records of lawfully issued number holders · SSA immigration enforcement expanded; erroneous or contested death-file entries created ongoing harms. · reviewed 2026-09-03