Trump signs memorandum that seeks to prevent illegals from improperly accessing benefits
04/20/2025 / By Laura Harris
- A new directive revokes President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order (EO 13768), which prioritized deporting undocumented immigrants convicted of or charged with crimes. Trump signed a memorandum that focuses on preventing individuals without legal immigration status from improperly accessing benefits.
- The new memorandum strengthens enforcement against fraudulent claims by undocumented individuals, expanding federal fraud prosecution programs and increasing scrutiny of Medicare, Medicaid and other benefits. The SSA will also investigate centenarians with mismatched records and penalize fraud more aggressively.
- Officials claim these measures target illegal immigrants, not legal residents or citizens, citing Biden-era policies as allowing improper access to benefits like unemployment, disability and welfare programs.
- The administration terminated humanitarian parole programs (like CHNV for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans), affecting over 500,000 migrants, citing abuse and failure to deter illegal immigration. Those still in the U.S. must leave or seek exceptions by April 24 or face deportation.
- The government revoked parole and cut off benefits for 6,300+ foreign nationals flagged in the FBI’s terror database or with criminal records, arguing parole programs have been exploited to incentivize unlawful entry.
President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum to strengthen enforcement against Social Security fraud, with a particular focus on preventing individuals without legal immigration status from improperly accessing benefits.
The directive, signed after Trump honored the Navy Midshipmen football team with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy on April 16, expands the Social Security Fraud Prosecutor Program to at least 50 U.S. attorney offices and establishes a Medicare and Medicaid fraud prosecution program in 15 additional offices. (Related: SBA to cut off taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants and remove offices from sanctuary cities.)
The order directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General to investigate individuals over 100 years old with mismatched Social Security records to combat identity theft; re-evaluate the use of civil monetary penalties against those found guilty of fraud – a measure that has been “paused for several years;” and increase scrutiny of benefit applications tied to fraudulent documents or false identities, particularly from undocumented immigrants.
This memorandum primarily targets undocumented individuals, rather than legal immigrants or U.S. citizens “because the Act contains not only traditional Social Security provided to older Americans, but also unemployment insurance, disability insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, TANF and other programs.”
“These illegal recipients were allowed into our country under Biden’s watch, and many received benefits they were never entitled to,” Leavitt added. “President Trump is ensuring that our seniors and legal citizens receive the benefits they have worked for, not individuals who have entered the country unlawfully,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Michelle L. Anderson, the acting inspector general of SSA, will oversee the office responsible for investigating fraud. Her team includes criminal investigators, auditors and legal specialists who will now play a key role in enforcing the new measures.
Trump terminates temporary immigration parole programs, taxpayer-funded benefits for illegals
The directive comes after the Trump administration terminated temporary immigration parole programs and revoked federal benefits for over 6,300 foreign nationals identified as national security risks. These individuals paroled into the U.S. in or after 2023 were found to have criminal records or appeared in the Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s Terrorist Screening Database. Their parole status was revoked as of April 8 and their Social Security numbers were reclassified into all taxpayer-funded benefits.
Immigration parole allows noncitizens to temporarily enter and stay in the U.S., often granting work authorization and Social Security eligibility if parole exceeds one year. However, the Trump administration argues these programs have been abused, incentivizing unlawful migration.
Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a federal notice ending the parole programs, which allowed nearly 500,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV), along with their families, to enter the U.S. under humanitarian parole. Individuals still in the U.S. under CHNV parole have until April 24 to either seek an individual exception or leave voluntarily or face deportation.
DHS argued that the programs did not serve a significant public benefit, failed to curb illegal immigration and contradicted the administration’s foreign policy goals.
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