In a recent revelation, Elon Musk, serving as a White House adviser and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has brought to light a startling statistic: approximately 2.
1 million "non-citizens" were issued social security numbers in 2024.
This disclosure emerged during a conference where Musk was accompanied by Antonio Gracias, CEO of Valor Equity Partners, who shared insights into the findings of DOGE's investigation into social security practices.
Gracias, while presenting the data, remarked, "We started at the top of the system. Mapping the whole system of social security to understand where all the fraud was. Theres a lot of great people there that showed us a lot of waste, so that came with a big list of stuff. But this is what jumped out at us." He highlighted a significant increase from 270,000 non-citizens receiving social security numbers in 2021 to a staggering 2.1 million in 2024. According to Gracias, these numbers were uncovered without any political bias, as he emphasized his support for legal immigration and acknowledged the risks taken by social security administration employees to expose these practices.
As reported by Breitbart, Gracias attributed this surge to policies from the previous administration that facilitated the entry of migrants into the United States, subsequently allowing them to register for social security. He explained the process, stating, "When you come in the country, if youre illegal, theres a couple of ways to come in. You can come in through a port of entry and you can tell them youre afraid and theyll give you an asylum case, youll get an interview, then you get in. Thats one way to do it. Another way to do it is to just go to the border walk up to a border patrol officer and you tell them you want to come in."
Gracias further elaborated on the options available to border patrol officers, noting that they could either charge migrants with a misdemeanor or felony under section 1325 or treat the offense as an administrative one, akin to a parking ticket. He pointed out that under the previous administration, the latter approach was often taken, allowing migrants to be released on their own recognizance with a notice to appear before a judge. However, with only 700 judges available to handle cases for approximately 5.5 million people, the average wait time for a court appearance stretched to six years.
Once migrants were in the country and had secured asylum through these pathways, Gracias explained, they could apply for work documents. "You file a 765, you get this form called a 766, and then the social security administration automatically sends you in the mail a social security number. No interview. No ID," he concluded.
This revelation raises critical questions about the integrity of the social security system and the policies that have allowed such a significant number of non-citizens to obtain social security numbers. It underscores the need for a thorough examination of immigration and social security practices to ensure that they align with the principles of legal immigration and national security.
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