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'''The Enumeration Beyond Entry'''<ref>{{cite web |title=RM 10205.700 Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) |url=https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110205700 |publisher=Social Security Administration |access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref> program is an agreement between the [[Social Security Administration]] (SSA),

the [[United_States_Department_of_Homeland_SecurityUnited States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), and the

[[United_States_Citizenship_and_Immigration_ServicesUnited States Citizenship and Immigration Services|U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services]] (USCIS) wherein

[[Social Security Number|Social Security numbers]] and cards are supplied to non-citizens as part of the work authorization process,

without requiring an additional application or an in-person visit to a local SSA office.

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_Office of Inspector General (United_StatesUnited States)|Office of the Inspector General]], the program began in October 2017 under the [[First_presidency_of_Donald_TrumpFirst presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]].

<ref>{{citation |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

}}</ref>

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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>{{citation |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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or if it was added in a later expansion.

== Media attention ==

The EBE program came to wider public attention in March/April of 2025, when [[Elon Musk]] and [[Antonio Gracias]],

speaking at a town hall rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 30, 2025,<ref>{{cite web

|title=Full Video: Town Hall Event in Greenbay, Wisconsin

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhIIS_9ZtDE

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|publisher=Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

|date=March 30, 2025

|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>, pushed disputed claims about non-citizens voting and receiving

benefits,<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>{{citation |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>, pointing to the dramatic

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

In charts presented during the town hall, and using information collected from the EBE program, Gracias claimed

that the number of Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens rose from 270,425 in FY2021 to 2,095,247 in

FY2024.<ref>{{cite web

|title=Town Hall Video Excerpt: See chart starting at 1:39:01

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhIIS_9ZtDE&t=5941s

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|publisher=Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

|date=March 30, 2025

|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>. Musk and Gracias see malfeasance behind the rising numbers, with Musk stating in the lead up to Gracias' presentation:

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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>{{citation |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.

== References ==