“Operatives from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Department of Labor (DOL) have access to systems that house sensitive data pertaining to immigrants,” according to Wired sources in an exclusive report.
The outlet alleges, “Miles Collins, Aram Moghaddassi, and Marko Elez are all DOGE operatives embedded at the Labor Department,” who have access to this sensitive data.
“Collins has access to the DOL’s National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) system,” according to Wired’s sources. “This program offers funding to organizations that work with migrant and seasonal farmworkers, as well as organizations working on the state level to support job training for low-income farm workers.”
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According to Wired’s source, “Access to the NFJP’s system could provide the Social Security numbers of every person who is a beneficiary of the program, as well as what kind of services a beneficiary received. (Social Security numbers are assigned to US citizens as well as immigrants legally residing and working in the country.)”
The outlet also viewed “instructions to grant Moghaddassi access to data from the DOL’s Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) reporting system.”
FLAG is responsible for many things, including wage protections and visa programs for foreign and temporary workers.
Wired wrote, “DOGE’s access at the DOL also encompasses data that, while not directly immigration-related, could be used in conjunction with data that is.” The outlet also confirmed, “Collins, Moghaddassi, and Elez all have access to the DOL’s Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program.”
This program provides funding for people who were incarcerated and supports job training as well as other employment services.
As for the third DOGE employee, Marko Elez, he is also staffed at DHS and is a part of the administration’s effort to "bring together data from a number of government agencies to streamline and systematize DHS enforcement and deportation.”
According to Wired’s source, “If DOGE were to find crossover (in these government systems), this ‘would fit so neatly with their messaging about immigrants being criminals and abusing government services.’”
Department of Labor, Moghaddassi, Elez, and Collins did not respond to Wired’s requests for comment.
