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Trump Signs Order Barring Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Social Security

‘These taxpayer-funded benefits should be only for eligible taxpayers,’ said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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Trump Signs Order Barring Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Social Security
A woman walks past a Social Security Administration office in Flushing, New York City, on Feb. 10, 2021. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times
T.J. Muscaro
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President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on April 15 directing several federal agencies to take measures to prevent Social Security payments from going to ineligible people such as illegal immigrants and fraudsters.
The memorandum was directed at the Social Security Administration inspector general, the Social Security commissioner, the attorney general, and the secretaries of labor, health and human services, and homeland security.
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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.