It was not the first time that #Trump ofcls sought to make #SocialSecurity hand over some of the government’s most sensitive personally identifiable information to facilitate #deportations. During Trump’s first term, a White House aide requested the names & Social Security numbers of employers thought to have hired undocumented immigrants….
At the time, the general counsel’s office at Social Security said no. They had determined such a search would be a fishing expedition…& would break the #law…