The Trump administration directed the Social Security Administration (SSA) to place more than 6,300 migrants on its list for tracking dead people, blocking their ability to work in a move they hope will encourage them to “self-deport.”

The request from Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem to place the migrants on the “Ineligible Master File” maintained by SSA would bar migrants from receiving benefits or being able to work in the United States.

The move targeted those who were legally permitted to enter the country under President Biden and were given taxpayer identification numbers and work authorizations but who have since had their status revoked by the Trump administration.

© The Hill