DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk

A elder enforcement astatine the Social Security Administration was physically dragged from his bureau this week aft clashing with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to The Washington Post.

Greg Pearre, a vocation civilian servant who led an IT squad moving connected the agency’s information systems, was removed implicit his absorption to a DOGE program to chopped disconnected immigrants from cardinal fiscal services, 3 radical told the Post.

The strategy cooked up by Elon Musk’s DOGE squad falsely lists thousands of migrants arsenic dormant successful a Social Security database known arsenic the “death maestro file.”

Being entered into the decease database cuts a idiosyncratic disconnected from important fiscal services, similar the quality to person authorities benefits and entree a slope relationship oregon recognition card. The extremity was to propulsion migrants who were granted a impermanent ineligible presumption nether erstwhile President Joe Biden to “self deport.”

Jim Francis, a user instrumentality lawyer who is suing Social Security for wrongly entering a Maryland pistillate into the file, formed the repercussions successful dire terms.

“It’s the root of that information that the full satellite uses, which is why, if it’s inaccurate, it has specified devastating impacts connected people,” helium told the Post. “Overnight, you virtually go financially paralyzed.”

Tom Kind, a 90-year-old retiree successful Colorado, told the Post that helium had experienced being listed arsenic dead, calling it a “nightmare.” In summation to losing benefits and wellness coverage, helium faced a situation convincing the bureau that helium was inactive alive. After jumping done a fig of bureaucratic hoops, helium had to amusement up to an bureau successful idiosyncratic for an interview, proving helium was alive.

“That’s not immoderate fun,” helium said.

DOGE had been moving connected a strategy to propulsion retired immigrants since February. A radical of astir a twelve civilian servants from Social Security were assigned to assistance Musk’s goons—and agents from the Department of Homeland Security—with the plot. Many vocation unit were disquieted that the task was incorrect oregon illegal, a erstwhile elder authoritative told the Post.

Leland Dudek, Social Security’s acting commissioner, who has signaled his willingness to transportation retired DOGE’s plans previously, disquieted that this strategy mightiness beryllium illegal, insiders told the Post.

Nevertheless, nether unit from President Donald Trump’s homeland information secretary, Kristi Noem, helium acquiesced, signing 2 memorandums connected Monday that allowed the database change. More than 6,000 migrants were listed arsenic dormant contempt being alive.

Pearre, the civilian servant who had pushed backmost against the action, was removed 2 days later. He declined to remark to the Post, arsenic did Dudek.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the insubstantial that the decease record determination was justified and downplayed the interior opposition.

“The Trump Administration is protecting lawful American citizens and their hard-earned Social Security benefits, and ensuring amerciable immigrants volition nary longer person specified economical entitlements,” she said. “Anyone who disagrees with the communal consciousness policies of this Administration tin find a caller job.”