The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is looking to strip migrants of Social Security numbers to pressure self-deportation

President Donald Trump is planning a strange new legal maneuver to try to force migrants with legal protected status to leave the country, reported The New York Times on Thursday: order the Social Security Administration to declare them dead.

The Trump administration’s relentless campaign to dehumanize immigrants has taken a bureaucratic turn, as new reports reveal a grim effort to extend that dehumanization to official records.

President Donald Trump promised to halt federal funding to cities with "sanctuary" policies, including New York City, as part of his crackdown on illegal immigration.

President Donald Trump said that he plans to withhold all federal funding to sanctuary cities, a move that would pressure finances from New York to San Francisco.

Sanctuary cities and states have begun responding to President Donald Trump's threat of revoking their federal funding if they maintain their policies. Officials in California and New York told Newsweek that they will continue to protect immigrants in their communities but also made it clear they will not hinder the federal government's enforcement operations.