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DOGE Has Access to Sensitive Labor Department Data on Immigrants and Farm Workers

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Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) at the Department of Labor ( DOL ) has access to systems that house sensitive data pertaining to immigrants.

This access comes as President Donald Trump ’s administration has continued its crackdown on immigrants around the US .

DOGE operatives have access to the DOL 's National Farmworker Jobs Program system.

Moghaddassi , a 25-year-old engineer who has worked at Musk’s X and SpaceX, has also appeared at the Treasury and Social Security Administration .

Elez briefly resigned from DOGE after racist comments were posted by an account he was linked to were discovered by The Wall Street Journal .

He is also part of the team working on a system to sell the $5 million visas that Trump calls "gold cards".

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