Lisa Rein

You really do need a Social Security number to function in this country. And so their economic livelihoods could eventually be cut off.

You really do need a Social Security number to function in this country. And so their economic livelihoods could eventually be cut off.

They've said that these people are illegally getting benefits and are not here in the country legally, and they want them to leave.

They've said that these people are illegally getting benefits and are not here in the country legally, and they want them to leave.

The government knows that these people are alive. This is not an error. But the government is willfully putting their names in a database where they know they should not be. So that's a violation of the Privacy Act, according to many experts we spoke with. So that seems to be the biggest illegality about this.

The government knows that these people are alive. This is not an error. But the government is willfully putting their names in a database where they know they should not be. So that's a violation of the Privacy Act, according to many experts we spoke with. So that seems to be the biggest illegality about this.

You really do need a Social Security number to function in this country. And so their economic livelihoods could eventually be cut off.

They've said that these people are illegally getting benefits and are not here in the country legally, and they want them to leave.

The government knows that these people are alive. This is not an error. But the government is willfully putting their names in a database where they know they should not be. So that's a violation of the Privacy Act, according to many experts we spoke with. So that seems to be the biggest illegality about this.