DOGE's border expert reveals terrifying number of illegals on Medicaid: 'It's just ramping up'
Illegal immigrants are claiming billions of dollars worth of Medicaid and other US benefits, according to data uncovered by the head of DOGE's border team.
Antonio Gracias said around 1.3 million non-citizens are currently claiming Medicaid, at an estimated cost of around $6.5 billion.
The stark revelation came after Gracias and his team began
probing the huge uptick in non-citizens who were assigned Social Security numbers last year.
The figure leapt from 400,000 in 2021, to more than two million in 2024. Among those are people who have entered the US legally on visas and green cards and who pay into the US tax system.
But a large proportion are undocumented migrants who are benefitting from 'maximum pay' and 'minimum collection,' Gracias said.
'The defaults in the system, from Social Security to all benefit programs, have been set to maximum inclusion, maximum pay for these people, and minimum collection,' he told the All-In podcast.
'Already, we found 1.3 million of them on Medicaid as an example,' he continued. 'And we found people in this population registered to vote.'
According to Medicaid.gov, the average annual cost per Medicaid enrollee is between $4,000 and $7,000, meaning the cost for all non-citizen beneficiaries
tops out at $6.5 billion.
'The vast majority of the growth was related to asylum programs and people who came in on NTAs (Notices to Appear), it turns out that the requirements were so loosely defined that more people could come through,' Gracias said.
He revealed that a growing number of non-citizens were receiving Social Security numbers without adequate vetting, leading to a significant increase in the number of individuals eligible for public benefits.
'Some people showed IDs, some didn't. The most disturbing thing was that 23 percent of the records we looked at had no fingerprints,' he said.
He pointed out that one of the most common birth dates in the system was January 1st, indicating data manipulation or careless entry.
Gracias' team also uncovered instances of non-citizens improperly registered to vote, an additional federal violation.
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The surge, Gracias insists, is not a one-off but part of a broader and concerning trend that has grown over recent years, particularly after 2021, when an increasing number of individuals have gained access to the US social safety net. Pictured: Immigrants line up at a remote US Border Patrol processing center after crossing the US-Mexico border
'Thousands of them registered to vote... and many of them actually voted,' Gracias said.
Antonio Gracias revealed that his team had uncovered alarming data showing a dramatic surge in the number of non-citizens receiving taxpayer-funded benefits, including Medicaid.
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