Immigrant families across Appalachian states are sounding the alarm as reports surface of the federal government misclassifying living immigrants as deceased. This disturbing policy—placing living immigrants on the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File—has already impacted thousands of families in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and surrounding regions.
The Trump administration’s recent immigration crackdown includes a little-known but devastating strategy: canceling Social Security Numbers (SSNs) by labeling immigrants as “deceased.” This tactic has major consequences for immigrants in Appalachian communities, many of whom have lived in the U.S. for years, pay taxes, and contribute to their local economies.
Being wrongly marked as dead results in:
This policy targets some of the most vulnerable immigrants in Appalachia, especially in rural communities where legal resources are scarce.
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In a worrying development, the IRS is now sharing tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Undocumented immigrants who once felt safe filing taxes with ITINs (Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers) may now face enforcement action based on their tax returns.
This is particularly dangerous in smaller states like West Virginia and Kentucky, where fewer immigrant attorneys are available to fight back—and where local enforcement increasingly cooperates with ICE.
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States like Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee have growing immigrant populations but limited legal infrastructure. When policies like SSA misclassification or IRS data-sharing hit, many immigrants have nowhere to turn.
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If you’ve been wrongly flagged as deceased or are being investigated due to tax records:
Whether you’re in Huntington, WV, Charleston, WV, Martinsburg, WV, Parkersburg, WV, or anywhere across Appalachia, now is the time to act. The risks are real—but so are your rights.
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