The acting head of the Social Security Administration rebuffed a federal judge’s request to appear at a hearing to “clarify” reports alleging that the Trump administration is placing thousands of immigrants on the agency’s “death master file” to harass them out of the country.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander heard arguments on Tuesday over whether to extend her temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from obtaining access to identifying records at the Social Security Administration. The order is set to expire on Thursday.
