Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• February 21, 2025

  2025.02.21 Complaint - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA

  The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the AFL-CIO, the Alliance for Retired Americans, and the American Federation of Teachers file a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), seeking declarative and injunctive relief to stop DOGE from unlawfully seizing "personal, confidential, private, and sensitive data," including "financial data, employment information, medical data, and personal addresses of millions of Americans" from the Social Security Administration. The lawsuit challenges the seizures as unlawful under the Internal Revenue Code, the Privacy Act, the Federal Information Systems Modernization Act, the E-Government Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, 1:25-cv-00596, (D. Md.).

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• March 20, 2025

  2025.03.20 Temporary Restraining Order - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA

  United States District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander issues a temporary restraining order in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, prohibiting the SSA from allowing DOGE to obtain access to records systems containing personally identifiable information and requiring DOGE to delete "all non-anonymized PII data in their possession or under their control." Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, 1:25-cv-00596, (D. Md.).

  *see litigation note above*

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• April 15, 2025

  2025.04.15 Reported: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs - The Washington Post

  The Washington Post reports the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is seeking data and information from the Social Security Administration in order "to ascertain people’s citizenship status." DOGE has gained "increasing access to claimants’ full names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, mailing addresses, contact information, bank details" and a "dataset with highly sensitive personal information, including applicants’ driver’s licenses, citizenship status and various other markers." DOGE has continued seeking this information, despite a temporary restraining order issued in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, 1:25-cv-00596 (D. Md.).

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• April 17, 2025

  2025.04.17 Preliminary Injunction - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA

  United States District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander issues a preliminary injunction in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, enjoining and restraining the SSA from allowing DOGE to obtain access to records systems containing personally identifiable information and requiring DOGE "delete all non-anonymized PII data in their possession or under their control." Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, 1:25-cv-00596, (D. Md.).

  *see litigation note above*

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