>A PROMINENT AUTHOR REACHED OUT TO ME recently with a disturbing story: The Trump administration attempted to denaturalize her father-in-law. He had become a naturalized U.S. citizen in December, right before Trump took power. Then on February 13, he received a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) informing him that he was losing his social security benefits. “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.,” the letter provided to The Bulwark stated. He was also informed that he was being disenrolled from Medicare because SSA “reported that you are not lawfully present in the United States.”
>The letter was absurd. Because the family had English speakers who could effectively advocate for this new citizen, they were able to appeal the letter and show documents at a Social Security office to get the decision reversed.
The concerning thing, is that although this was able to be reversed at the Social Security office, who is to say that ICE/DHS will get this information and not attempt to deport this man?
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>A PROMINENT AUTHOR REACHED OUT TO ME recently with a disturbing story: The Trump administration attempted to denaturalize her father-in-law. He had become a naturalized U.S. citizen in December, right before Trump took power. Then on February 13, he received a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) informing him that he was losing his social security benefits. “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.,” the letter provided to The Bulwark stated. He was also informed that he was being disenrolled from Medicare because SSA “reported that you are not lawfully present in the United States.”
>The letter was absurd. Because the family had English speakers who could effectively advocate for this new citizen, they were able to appeal the letter and show documents at a Social Security office to get the decision reversed.
The concerning thing, is that although this was able to be reversed at the Social Security office, who is to say that ICE/DHS will get this information and not attempt to deport this man?