Trump admin spooking people out of filing for Social Security: report
Monday, February 16, 2026
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The Trump administration has instructed Social Security Administration (SSA) employees to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with information about in-person beneficiary appointments, according to a report by Wired, citing an unnamed SSA employee.
Undocumented immigrants, who contribute tens of billions of dollars to Social Security through payroll taxes, may be deterred from filing for benefits due to the new policy, with Reps. John Larson (D-Conn.) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.) condemning ICE's actions as "lawless" and "cruel".
SSA leader Frank Bisignano, a former financial services CEO, is overseeing the implementation of this policy, which former acting SSA commissioner Leland Dudek describes as SSA becoming "an extension of Homeland Security", amid a congressional fight over proposed reforms to the immigration agency.
