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DOGE plan would have marked 2.7M living people as dead: Whistleblower

The Hill · Jun 6, 2026, 12:24 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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A plan to mark 2.7M living people as dead was part of an immigration enforcement push, a whistleblower alleges.

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DOGE plan would have marked 2.7M living people as dead: Whistleblower

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