No, Elon Musk, millions of immigrants are not committing Social Security fraud

Trump’s Health Fraud Focus at Odds With Past Pardons

Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has made combating fraud a centerpiece of his administration. Trump has said he will target fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs, and his Republican allies in Congress have made combating fraud a key argument in their plans to slash Medicaid. Trump also has empowered the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency to make massive cuts to government spending, of…

Immigrants can get Social Security numbers legally. Musk says that’s ‘crazy’

Billionaire businessman and White House adviser Elon Musk and his colleague, venture capitalist Antonio Gracias, said they uncovered “crazy” information about Social Security and immigrants. “This is a mind-blowing chart,” […] The post Immigrants can get Social Security numbers legally. Musk says that’s ‘crazy’ appeared first on Poynter.

No, Elon Musk, millions of immigrants are not committing Social Security fraud

At a rally in Wisconsin, Elon Musk made false claims about extensive fraud at an agency that affects almost everyone: the Social Security Administration."This is a mind-blowing chart," Musk said, displaying a bar graph on a giant screen that showed millions of Social Security Numbers recently assigned to non-U.S. citizens.The Social Security press office would not respond to requests from Scripps News to share the chart so that it could be authe…

Elon Musk has generated controversy by revealing that more than 2 million undocumented immigrants received Social Security numbers in the past year, which has sparked a debate on the legality and distribution of these benefits in the United States. According to Fox News, at a municipal meeting in Wisconsin, Musk presented data showing a significant increase in the allocation of Social Security numbers to immigrants, which has raised questions ab…