Trump to Sign Memorandum Preventing Ineligible Aliens from Receiving Social Security Benefits

New Presidential Memorandum on Social Security

• 🎯 President Trump plans to sign a presidential memorandum later today aimed at preventing ineligible aliens and illegal immigrants from obtaining Social Security Act benefits.
• 🔑 The memorandum will instruct the administration to ensure that ineligible aliens are not receiving funds from Social Security Act programs.

Expanding Fraud Prosecution Programs

• ⚖️ The initiative will expand the Social Security Administration's fraud prosecutor program to at least 50 US attorney offices.
• 🏥 A Medicare and Medicaid fraud prosecution program will be established in 15 US attorney offices.

Combating Identity Theft and Fraud

• 🕵️‍♀️ The memorandum requires the Social Security Administration Inspector General to investigate earning reports for individuals aged 100 or older with mismatched Social Security records to combat identity theft.
• 💰 It will also direct the Social Security Administration to consider reinstating civil monetary penalties against individuals who engage in Social Security fraud.

Rationale for the Memorandum

• ⚠️ The benefits are described as taxpayer-funded and should only be for eligible taxpayers.
• 🗣️ The action is framed as a response to the previous administration's policies, which allegedly allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country, many of whom were fraudulently receiving benefits.