{"podcast":{"title":"The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition","slug":"the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition-6936765","podcast_index_feed_id":6936765,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60baafd7d3cdd0001b29d9ee","website_url":"http://www.lawfaremedia.org","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60baafd7d3cdd0001b29d9ee/1724858098623-5e1213fa-2c3a-4277-921d-d1474cab28fb.jpeg","author":"The Lawfare Institute","episode_count":2189,"summary":"The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:22:16.542882+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition-6936765"},"episode":{"title":"Lawfare Archive: Social Security, the ‘Death Master File,’ and Immigration Enforcement","slug":"lawfare-archive-social-security-the-death-master-file-and-immigration-enforcement","published_at":"2026-06-06T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition-6936765/lawfare-archive-social-security-the-death-master-file-and-immigration-enforcement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition-6936765","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition/episodes/lawfare-archive-social-security-the-death-master-file-and-im","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60baafd7d3cdd0001b29d9ee/e/6a233100a2db34bb89281b9f/media.mp3","summary":"From May 2, 2025: As the Trump administration seeks to escalate its immigration crackdown, the government has turned to a concerning source of information for data on immigrants: the Social Security Administration.  Reports   indicate  that Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative and the Department of Homeland Security successfully pushed Social Security officials to provide access to what’s commonly known as the “Death Master File,” allowing the government to mark living immigrants as dead in the Social Security Administration’s systems. The goal, according to press reports, is to make the lives of these individuals so difficult that they choose to leave the country.  What exactly is the Death Master File, and why is this strategy so alarming? To understand,  Lawfare  Senior Editor Quinta Jurecic spoke to Kathleen Romig, Director of Social Security and Disability Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Devin O’Connor, a senior fellow at the center. They explained the unsettling implications of tinkering with the Death Master File and situated these efforts within the broader scope of the Trump administration—and DOGE’s—repeated attacks on Social Security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"From May 2, 2025: As the Trump administration seeks to escalate its immigration crackdown, the government has turned to a concerning source of information…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3157,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition-6936765/episodes/lawfare-archive-social-security-the-death-master-file-and-immigration-enforcement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-patreon-edition-6936765/lawfare-archive-social-security-the-death-master-file-and-immigration-enforcement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}