2.1 Million 'Non-Citizens' Received Social Security Numbers in 2024 - DOGE Head Elon Musk | 31 March 2025 | White House adviser and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk has claimed roughly 2.1 million "non-citizens" received social security numbers in 2024. Speaking at a conference alongside his longtime friend Antonio Gracias, CEO of Valor Equity Partners, Musk said DOGE uncovered some eye-opening numbers regarding social security in 2024. "...Mapping the whole system of Social Security to understand where all the fraud was. There's a lot of great people there that showed us a lot of waste, so that came with a big list of stuff. But this is what jumped out at us," Gracias said as he pointed to the chart. "In 2021, you see 270,000 people; goes all the way to 2.1 million in 2024. These are non-citizens that are getting social security numbers."