From Wired:
Workers at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have been told to share information about in-person appointments with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), WIRED has learned.
“If ICE comes in and asks if someone has an upcoming appointment, we will let them know the date and time,” an employee with direct knowledge of the directive says. They spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. …
Noncitizens are also required to appear in-person to review continued eligibility of benefits. …
ICE arresting people outside Social Security offices with help from Social Security is highly disturbing.
2 comments:
There are a lot of people with the same names. At some point they are going to haul an elderly or disabled US citizen from a field office to ICE detention and there will be an uproar. Of course there is no need to wait for that to happen to get upset--it's bad on its face. But some people will only care once it happens to someone they have sympathy for, and some people have awfully narrow sympathy ranges.
I can verify this is true, and has been communicated to managers.
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