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Trump Administration Lists 6,000 Latino Immigrants as ‘Dead’ So They Will ‘Self-Deport’
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- The Trump administration has entered the names of over 6,300 mostly Latino immigrants into the Social Security Administration’s “Death Master File” database, rendering them ineligible for benefits
- The latest move was created to “remove the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self-deport,” Elizabeth Huston, a White House spokeswoman, said
- The administration will target 92,000 undocumented immigrants who have a criminal conviction on the death database next, a White House official said
The Social Security Administration has entered the names of over 6,300 mostly Latino immigrants into a database that tracks people who have died, according to The New York Times, The Washington Post and CBS News.
The Trump administration is targeting immigrants who have Social Security numbers but have lost their legal status in the U.S. — including those who entered under former President Joe Biden’s temporary work programs. This prevents those impacted from being able to receive Medicaid, Medicare, unemployment insurance, federal loans or other benefits.
President Donald Trump “promised mass deportations and by removing the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self-deport,” Elizabeth Huston, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement, per The Washington Post. “He is delivering on his promise he made to the American people.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem requested that the federal agency put pressure on undocumented immigrants to leave the country. More specifically, Noem and Leland Dudek, the acting Social Security commissioner, signed two memorandums of agreement on Monday, April 7, per The Washington Post.
Now, under the Social Security Act, the administration has named living immigrants in the “Death Master File” for national security reasons, an official said, per The Washington Post. The “Death Master File” database has records of more than 85 million deaths dating back to 1936.
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An agency employee said that once listed as deceased in the database, their Social Security benefits would immediately terminate, and ultimately, would make them unidentifiable and cause problems with employment.
It will also permit the Commerce Department to mistakenly report that the immigrants have died on their own death database. As a result, it will lead institutions to sever relationships with listed immigrants, and not be included on lists to banks, mortgage companies and employers.
Twenty-two people listed in the 6,300 are receiving student loans, 41 are collecting unemployment insurance and 1,000 are collecting benefits through Medicaid, a White House official said, per The Washington Post.
This newly announced tactic adheres to the Trump administration’s aggressive campaign to force undocumented immigrants out of the U.S. A White House official told The Washington Post that the administration will next target 92,000 undocumented immigrants who have a criminal conviction on the death database, and then eventually add undocumented immigrants without criminal histories.
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The recent developments follow Elon Musk‘s efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to implement major changes at the Social Security Administration.
Musk has previously said that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme.” He claimed in a Fox Business interview on March 10 that “there’s a massive amount of fraud of, basically, people submitting Social Security numbers for Social Security benefits, unemployment, Small Business Administration loans and medical care.” The billionaire entrepreneur added, “We’re trying to put a stop to all of that.”
“If you want to know what DOGE is doing at Social Security, this is it,” a White House official said, per The Washington Post.
It follows the Tuesday, April 8, agreement between Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in which the IRS will give tax data it maintains for undocumented immigrants to Homeland Security.
Additionally, last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services gave the Social Security Administration a database of 800,000 people with final deportation orders.
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A representative for the Social Security Administration did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Thursday.
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Jerry Seinfeld claims ‘Friends’ copied his sitcom ‘Seinfeld’

Jerry Seinfeld thew a little shade at “Friends” during at the 2026 Netflix Is a Joke Festival, claiming the show was inspired by his own iconic sitcom, “Seinfeld.”
The comedian made the comment during his set at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles Tuesday during a bit in which he asked the audience to guess what his all-time favorite show was, per the Hollywood Reporter.
When an audience member shouted out “Friends,” Seinfeld said he had a theory about the comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and the late Matthew Perry.
“My show [‘Seinfled’] came on — ’89, ’90. ‘Friends’ came on a few years later,” he noted.
“I think NBC was watching my show and went, ‘Hey, this is working pretty well. Why don’t we try the same thing with good-looking people?’ And that was a pretty good idea,” he continued. “I think that kind of worked.”
“Seinfeld” — which starred the titular comedian as well as Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander — premiered on NBC in 1989 and ran for nine seasons.
“Friends” debuted in 1994 and aired for 10 seasons on NBC.
Both shows revolved around a close group of friends living in New York City, though “Friends” was story and character-centric while “Seinfeld” was famously dubbed a “show about nothing” by Seinfeld himself and co-creator Larry David.
This isn’t the first time Seinfeld has taken credit for the success of “Friends.”
Kudrow told the Daily Beast in 2022 that Seinfeld once walked up to her at a party in the ’90s and told her “you’re welcome,” as “Friends” had been put on NBC’s schedule right after ratings juggernaut “Seinfeld.”
Last month, Kudrow revealed the “Friends” cast still gets a whopping $20 million a year from residuals, more than two decades after the hit sitcom came to an end in 2004.
But she noted in the same interview that their experience filming wasn’t always positive, and that “there was definitely mean stuff going on behind the scenes.”
“Don’t forget we were recording in front of a live audience of 400, and if you messed up one of these writers’ lines or it didn’t get the perfect response, they could be like, ‘Can’t the bitch f–king read? She’s not even trying. She f–ed up my line,’” she recalled to the Times of London.
Kudrow also claimed that the writers’ room, which was composed of mostly men, would “be up late discussing their sexual fantasies” about Aniston and Cox. She recalled the time as “intense.”
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Kylie Jenner carries $63K blue Birkin to Knicks playoff game with Timothée Chalamet

She’s keeping up with the Knicks.
Following Monday night’s Met Gala, Kylie Jenner and boyfriend Timothée Chalamet were once again sat courtside at Wednesday night’s Knicks playoff game against the Philadephia 76ers.
Decked out in their best orange and blue, Jenner chose to keep it simple in a pair of EB jeans ($295) and white Guizio tank ($38), with an orange jacket tied around her waist.
As for her accessorizes, she managed to source the perfect pair of vintage Miu Miu mules ($480) for the occasion — and added a pricey blue Birkin bag.
A similar deep blue crocodile Hermès Birkin 35 is currently available for sale at Sotheby’s for $63,000.
Last week, the makeup mogul, 28, shared pics of her purse on Instagram, captioning it, “knicks blue obviously.”
Upping the glam on her casual outfit, the mom of two wore her massive pear-shaped diamond pinky ring and matching earrings.
Chalamet leaned into the festive hues as well, topping his T-shirt and jeans with a bright orange ‘90s-era Avirex leather jacket.
The “Dune” star, 30, skipped out on Monday night’s Met Gala in favor of a Knicks game while Jenner attended solo — and stole the show — in a dramatic illusion Schiaparelli ballgown.
After last night, Jenner and Chalamet might very well be a good luck charm for the Knicks; last week, the reality star wore a white tank top and embellished Isabel Marant jeans to watch the team advance to the second round.
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Christina Ricci leaves shady comment on Katy Perry Met Gala photo

Christina Ricci left a savage — but succinct — comment on an Instagram carousel of pics featuring Katy Perry and Connor Storrie at the Met Gala.
“Yikes,” the “Addams Family” actress wrote under the pics, which featured the “Roar” singer in a polarizing Stella McCartney dress and futuristic face mask, alongside Storrie in a black polka dot Saint Laurent blouse and suit jacket.
In one photo, the “Heated Rivalry” star, 26, covered his face with one hand to imitate Perry’s mirrored mask.
Two other snaps in the upload — which was shared by Variety on Monday — featured individual portraits of the stars in their Met Gala attire.
“#ConnorStorrie poses with #KatyPerry at the #MetGala, jokingly hiding his face to match her look,” the publication captured the pics.
Some fans in the comments thread of Ricci’s reaction agreed with her. “Came here just to like the comment,” one person wrote, while another added, “you said it, girl!”
Others were supportive of Perry’s eccentric fencing mask look, with one commenter remarking, “Okay Katy, i kinda like it 🤍” and another joking, “Connor and the astronaut.”
Yet another quipped, “Did he get to ask her if she’s ever felt like a plastic bag drifting through the wind do you think? 😉” referencing lyrics to Perry’s hit “Firework.”
Ricci’s one-word comment comes on the heels of Ruby Rose’s stunning allegation that Perry sexually assaulted her at a Melbourne nightclub back in 2010.
“Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne. Who gives a s–t what she thinks,” the “Orange is the New Black” alum responded to a Complex Music social media post about Perry’s reaction to Justin Bieber’s recent Coachella performance last month.
In a subsequent Threads message, Rose wrote that it had taken her “almost two decades” to go public with her claims against the 41-year-old pop star — who is currently dating former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.
She added, “Though I am so grateful to have made it long enough to find my voice, it just shows how much of an impact trauma and sexual assault takes. Thank you for seeing me.”
A rep for the “Teenage Dream” hitmaker denied the incident in a strongly worded statement to Page Six.
“The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous reckless lies,” the rep stated last month.
“Ms. Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named.”
Following the bombshell allegation, Page Six confirmed that an investigation into the matter is underway.
“Melbourne Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are investigating a historical sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010,” Acting Sergeant Paul Hogan of Victoria Police told Page Six in April.
“Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s Central Business District.”
Earlier that day, Rose shared via Threads that she had “finalized all reports” about the matter and stated in part that she is “no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved.”
It’s worth noting that Rose, 40, and Ricci, 46, co-starred in the 2013 film “Around the Block,” which was filmed in Australia — though it’s unclear whether Ricci’s pointed social media remark was related to the allegations against Perry.
Ricci’s comment also seemingly underscored malcontent on the perimeter of the Met Gala, which saw a brawl break out among Anti-Bezos protesters as A-listers walked the famed staircase to the event — Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez reportedly paid millions to sponsor fashion’s biggest night.
Reps for Ricci and Perry did not immediately return Page Six’s requests for comment on Wednesday evening.
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