DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

“DHS, for good reason, has always been very careful about sharing the data,” said a former DHS member who spoke to the wired on condition of anonymity because he had no option to talk to the press. “It is a lot of rotation to see this change. In my opinion, the management of all of this is the same, because it makes the government real or considered enemies or ‘foreigners;’ The enemy’s foreigners can be allowed to follow. ‘

Although government agencies often share data, the process is limited to documentary and specific purposes, according to experts. Nevertheless, stability is purchased by the administration: March 20, President Trump signed a Executive Order All federal agencies need to facilitate both the “intercontinental agency records intra -and -intercourse in both partnerships and stability.” DOG Official And leaders of the Trump Administration Agency have also proposed to make all official data central in one reservoir. “As you think about the future of AI, we have to get our data in one place, as you think about the future of AI, we have to get our data in one place,” said Stephen Ayekyan, acting Administrator of the General Services Administration on March 20.

According to the previous staff, historically “extremely difficult” was to access data that the DHS already owned in various departments. The shared data leak will “represent significant departure in data principles and policies.” But, he says, “It’s easy to do with DHS control data” to try to connect it with sensitive data from other agencies, as there may be even more obstacles to data access from other agencies.

It has not stopped DOGE workers from requesting access to immigration information over the past few months, who were recently involved in various government agencies. In accordance with the documents filed I American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFLCIO vs Social Security Administration Legalization on March 15, members of the Dodge deployed in the SSA requested access to the USCIS Database, SaveLocal and state governments as well as a system for the federal government, to verify a person’s immigration status.

According to two direct knowledge sources, SSA data was uploaded to the USCIS system on March 24, just nine days after the DOG access to the SSA’s sensitive official data system. A source of SSA tells Wired that the types of information are in accordance with the agency’s numerical database, which is the file of information contained in the social security number application. The number will be included in the record A person’s social security number, full name, birth date, citizenship, race, race, sex, mother’s first name, alien number, and more.

Monitoring for the protection of this data is now more limited. In March, DHS Announced deductions Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Office of Immigration Ombudsman, and Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, all major offices that were important protectors against misuse of data. “We have not taken any action in the data world without talking to the CRCL,” says the former DHS employee.