By Todd Karpovich
Baltimore Sun
(TNS)
A former senior Social Security Administration official alleges that Trump administration officials discussed a proposal to classify millions of living people as deceased in government records as part of an effort to pressure immigrants to leave the United States.
The allegations surfaced Thursday in a whistleblower disclosure made public by Democratic U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren, who are demanding answers from current and former administration officials involved with the Social Security Administration.
According to the disclosure, former SSA executive Jeremiah Schofield said he witnessed a discussion in which a former Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, official proposed assigning death dates to approximately 2.7 million living people in the agency’s database. Schofield alleges the plan was intended to disrupt their lives and encourage them to leave the country.
The allegations have not been independently verified. It remains unclear whether the proposal was ever formally considered by agency leadership, advanced beyond internal discussions or resulted in any changes to Social Security records. The whistleblower disclosure does not allege that records were altered.
The allegations have not been independently verified, and administration officials had not publicly responded to the claims as of Saturday.
The White House, SSA and Koval did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Saturday. The...
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