Trump Administration Lists Over 6000 Living Immigrants As Dead To Force Self-Deportation: Report

<p>The Donald Trump administration in the US has moved to classify over 6,000 living immigrants as dead to force them into self-deportation, reported the Associated Press quoting two people familiar with the situation.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Social Security numbers of these immigrants have been cancelled impacting their ability to work or receive benefits in an effort to get them to leave the country.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Those affected by the move will find it much harder to use banks or other basic services where Social Security numbers are required.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>According to the report, the Trump administration is moving the names of immigrants and legally obtained Social Security numbers to a database that federal officials typically use to track the deceased.&nbsp;The people familiar with the matter told AP about this move on condition of anonymity as the plans have not yet been publicly detailed.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Stripping the immigrants of their Social Security numbers will cut them off from many financial services, the officials said, adding it will encourage them to “self-deport” and abandon the US for their birth countries.&nbsp;</p>
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<h2>Crackdown On Immigrants From Biden-Era</h2>
<p>This move by the Trump administration is part of a broader effort by the US President to crackdown on immigrants who were allowed to enter and temporarily remain in the country under programmes instituted by his predecessor Joe Biden.</p>
<p>It was not immediately clear as to how the 6,000-plus immigrants were selected. However, as per the report, the Trump White House has targeted those immigrants who were allowed to stay in the country under the Biden-era programme, including over 90,000 immigrants who entered the US using that administration’s CBP One app.&nbsp;</p>
<p>On Monday, the legal status of the immigrants who used that app was revoked by the Department of Homeland Security.&nbsp;</p>
<p>They were generally allowed to stay in the US for two years with work authorisation under presidential parole authority during the Biden era, but are now expected to self-deport.&nbsp;</p>