Key facts
- A whistleblower claims a Trump administration team proposed declaring 2.7 million living people dead.
- The alleged goal was to help drive out migrants.
- The claim comes from a former Social Security Administration employee.
- This is the third whistleblower to come forward about alleged illegal activity by Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.
A former employee of the Social Security Administration has alleged that a team within the Trump administration proposed a plan to declare nearly 2.7 million living individuals as deceased. The alleged purpose was to create a mechanism to help drive out migrants from the United States. This claim is the third from a whistleblower regarding alleged illegal activity by Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, raising significant ethical and legal questions about the former administration's immigration policies.