Presidential Memorandum 2025-06840 explained · Presidential Memorandum
Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits
Signed: 2025-04-15 Published: 2025-04-18 Federal Register document: 2025-06840
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Presidential Memorandum 2025-06840 says
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 16451-16453] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-06840] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 74 / Friday, April 18, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 16451]] Memorandum of April 15, 2025 Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits Memorandum for the Attorney General[,] the Secretary of Labor[,] the Secretary of Health and Human Services[,] the Secretary of Homeland Security[,] the Commissioner of Social Security[, and] the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct: Section 1. Responsibility for Determining Eligibility for Public Benefits. (a) As set forth in Executive Order 14218 of February 19, 2025 (Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders), both Federal law (title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193)) and principles of sound administration demand that taxpayer-funded benefits be provided only to eligible persons and not encourage or reward illegal immigration to the United States. This interest is...
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