Claim: Elon Musk claimed that millions of non-citizens are being granted Social Security numbers under the Biden administration, suggesting this reflects a rise in benefits being provided to them.
Reasoning: Musk presented a chart showing an increase in Social Security numbers (SSNs) issued to non-citizens, rising from 270,000 in 2021 to over 2 million in 2024. However, this data pertains to the issuance of SSNs—not benefits—and is tied to the Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) program, which was initiated during the Trump administration in 2017. This program streamlines the issuance of SSNs to legal immigrants authorized to work in the U.S. The rise in SSNs reflects automation and administrative changes, not expanded benefit access. Non-citizens must meet strict eligibility criteria to qualify for Social Security benefits, and simply having an SSN does not grant them such benefits. Further, Musk provided no evidence for this claim.
Fact or Fiction? Fiction.
The claim misleadingly equates the issuance of SSNs with the receipt of benefits. The increase in SSNs is an administrative outcome of a Trump-era program and does not indicate a surge in government benefits for non-citizens.
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