DOGE Volunteer Claims Discovery of Millions of Noncitizens with Social Security Numbers

In a television interview, Antonio Gracias, CEO of Valor and a volunteer with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), alleges his team uncovered what he describes as widespread fraud in the Social Security Administration while searching for waste and abuse. According to Gracias, over 2 million noncitizens received Social Security numbers in recent years, with some allegedly registered to vote and receiving federal benefits.

Gracias claims that in 2021, approximately 2.1 million noncitizens obtained Social Security numbers through what he describes as an automated system. According to the DOGE volunteer, his team was initially looking for fraud, waste, and abuse when they examined how people receive Social Security numbers in America. He alleges that over 5 million people who “came as illegals” received parole status and were then issued Social Security numbers through an automatic system, which allegedly allowed them to access benefits.

The interview also addresses what Gracias characterizes as a separate issue involving alleged theft of Social Security numbers. He claims his team identified a particular employee who allegedly sent themselves 400,000 or more Social Security numbers through email, describing the reasons as “clearly nefarious.” According to the segment, this constitutes an ongoing investigation, with arrests expected imminently.

Regarding federal benefits, Gracias alleges that the noncitizens his team identified were enrolled in various programs. He claims all were on medical programs, with 1.3 million allegedly registered for Medicare specifically. When asked about the implications, Gracias states that individuals found registered to vote—which he notes is a federal crime for noncitizens—were referred to ICE, DHS, and DOJ for potential prosecution.

According to Gracias, the investigation was made possible by an executive order signed by President Trump that allegedly allowed different agencies to share data with each other for the first time. He credits this order with enabling his team to connect benefit system data with voting records. The DOGE volunteer also alleges that people within the government were aware of these issues and that career employees have been helpful in providing information when asked the right questions.

When pressed on the financial impact, Gracias estimates the alleged fraud and improper benefit payments total “north of 10 billion” dollars. He references what he describes as fraud on phone lines amounting to $1.5 billion as one example of the waste his team has allegedly identified.

In Antonio Gracias’s Own Words

“It made my jaw drop, too, when I saw it. We were looking for fraud, waste and abuse.”

“We found they were on voter rolls and many had voted.”

“None of this would have happened without President Trump. He signed an executive order, never been done before.”

Why This Matters

The allegations presented in this interview touch on several politically sensitive issues including immigration enforcement, Social Security Administration oversight, voter eligibility, and federal spending. According to Gracias, the claimed discoveries were only possible through cross-agency data sharing enabled by recent executive action. The claims of noncitizens receiving federal benefits and appearing on voter rolls, if substantiated, would represent significant administrative failures. The alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers by a single employee, if proven, would constitute one of the largest such breaches in recent memory. These allegations arrive as DOGE conducts its broader review of government spending and efficiency.