Enumeration Beyond Entry program: Difference between revisions

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Public source information regarding the origin of the program is limited, but according to a letter dated December 17, 2019 from the [[Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_States)|Office of the Inspector General]], the program began in October 2017 under the [[First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump|first Trump administration]].

<ref>{{citecitation |title=Multiple Social Security Numbers Assigned to Non-citizens Using the Enumeration Beyond Entry Program |url=https://oig-files.ssa.gov/audits/full/A-08-18-50472.pdf

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Beginning on April 1, 2024, under the [[Joe Biden Administration]], the EBE program was expanded to include

information from [[Form_N-400|Form N-400]] (Application for Naturalization).<ref>{{citecitation |title=New Citizens Will Be Able to Seamlessly Request Social Security Updates |url=https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/stakeholder-messages/new-citizens-will-be-able-to-seamlessly-request-social-security-updates"}}</ref>

As of April 2025, the EBE program applies to information from:

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|publisher=Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

|date=March 30, 2025

|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>, pushed disputed claims<ref>{{cite web |title=Snopes Article: Musk's claim Biden administration gave Social Security numbers to millions of noncitizens lacks context |date=April 2025 |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/01/musk-biden-social-security-numbers/}}</ref><ref>{{citecitation |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting |title=How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives|work=NPR }}</ref> about non-citizens voting and pointed to the dramatic

rise in Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens under the Biden administration.

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However, according to former SSA Commissioner Martin O'Malley, in a March 31, 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, the numbers increased as a

result of the number of lawfully admitted immigrants increasing<ref>{{citecitation |url=https://archive.ph/b4vHR#selection-1903.2-1906.0:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20number%20of%20immigrants%20enumerated%20during%20the%20Biden%20administration%20increased%20because%20the%20number%20of%20lawfully%20admitted%20immigrants%20increased%2C%E2%80%9D%20O%E2%80%99Malley%20says. |title=Musk Blames Dems for Trump Giving Immigrants Social Security Numbers}}</ref>. That, in addition to the expansion of the program

to include naturalization applicants under Form N-400, explains the increase, according to Snopes.