Despite official action to essentially wipe migrants out of the Social Security system, a new report said one bureaucrat refused to go along.
Greg Pearre, a manager who according to The Washington Post oversaw technology experts, was refusing to put names of migrants into what’s known as the “death master file,” which is usually used for Social Security recipients who have died.
As a result, on Thursday, security guards arrived at Pearre’s office at Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland, and escorted him out.
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As with all Trump administration innovations, blocking access to migrants’ Social Security numbers has its critics.
“This is an unprecedented step,” Devin O’Connor, a senior fellow at the progressive Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said in response.
“The administration
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