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Original Date Announced
April 15, 2025President Trump issued a presidential memorandum, “Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits,” to provide additional direction for implementing Executive Order 14218 with regard to Social Security Act programs. Among other things, the memorandum:
- Directs the DOL Secretary, HHS Secretary, and Commissioner of Social Security to take all reasonable measures to ensure that ineligible noncitizens are not receiving funds from Social Security Act (SSA) programs, including by promulgating guidance and prioritizing enforcement actions against grantees or sub grantees that do not take adequate measures to verify eligibility, stop payments to deceased or ineligible payees, or otherwise prevent ineligible noncitizens from receiving funds from SSA programs;
- Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Security to expand SSA's full-time fraud prosecutor program and directs the Attorney General and HHS Secretary to establish a similar fraud-prosecutor program for Medicare and Medicaid; and
- Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to review whether SSA should pursue civil monetary penalties.
The White House also released a fact sheet on this memo.
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2025.04.15 Presidential Memo - Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits 2025.04.15 White House - Fact Sheet: President Trump Prevents Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act BenefitsEffective Date
April 15, 2025Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: Enforcement Hearings and AdjudicationsAssociated or Derivative Policies
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