This looks to be a rather important scoop by Politico. Musk's DOGE brats are behind a lot of the deportation shenanigans that have been going on. They're inside ICE and Social Security, and IRS, and etc. funneling that info to ICE and even helping to develop the strategies to deport as many people as possible, i.e. to make the ICE director's dream of "An Amazon Prime for humans" a reality.
DOGE’s bread and butter has been slashing headcounts but it is now wielding its influence deep inside the nation’s immigration system — an initiative led by one of Elon Musk’s closest friends, three Trump administration officials granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics told POLITICO. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/doge-immigration-taskforce-00287327
Antonio Gracias, a Musk confidante whose history with the billionaire goes back more than 20 years, is quietly heading up a specialized DOGE immigration task force that’s embedded engineers & staffers across nearly every nook of the DHS, two of the people said. The task force is also working with DOGE operatives stationed at other agencies like the Social Security Administration & the Department of Health and Human Services, which house sensitive data on undocumented immigrants.
With Musk’s trusted friend & fixer at the helm, the task force marks a significant expansion of DOGE’s portfolio — from primarily working on agency-wide layoffs to executing the president’s most hardline immigration policies. It’s also a test for how far DOGE’s reach can extend.