Not only did these non-citizens receive social security numbers, a large percentage are on social assistance programs, some have registered to vote and some of them actually voted. Elon and friends have referred those who voted for prosecution. Watch to understand the scope of the problem:

As to how 2.1 million non-citizens received social security numbers in 2024, Gracias said that the previous administration had a policy that allowed migrants to enter the country and then register social security.

“When you come in the country, if you’re illegal, there’s a couple of ways to come in. You can come in through a port of entry and you can tell them you’re afraid and they’ll give you an asylum case, you’ll get an interview, then you get in. That’s one way to do it. Another way to do it is to just go to the border … walk up to a border patrol officer and you tell them you want to come in,” said Gracias.

“They have a couple of choices. They can charge you with a misdemeanor or a felony under 1325. Or they can make it an administrative offense. Like a parking ticket basically. They were told to do that. Make it an administrative offense under the last administration. You could walk across the border, they could release you on your own recognizance, and they give you a notice to appear at a judge. The wait time on judges are averaged six years … There’s only 700 [judges] and this is 5.5 million people,” he continued.

“Once you’re in the country and you got an asylum through one of these pathways, you can apply for a work document. You file a 765, you get this form called a 766, and then the social security administration automatically sends you in the mail a social security number. No interview. No ID,” he concluded.