DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’ has access to immigration agency’s data
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Summary
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has granted access to data on a range of immigrants to four staffers of the Department of Government Efficiency.
The data, contained in the agency’s “data lake”, includes information on refugees and those with temporary legal statuses, such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status.
It is unclear why DOGE wants the data, but Elon Musk has expressed fixation with immigration, notably subscribing to the ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory, which alleges that Democrats have facilitated mass migration and voter fraud to sway elections.
One DOGE staffer has claimed that 1.3 million undocumented immigrants were on Medicaid, and that “thousands” of undocumented people were registered to vote.