Fact check: How many actual legal immigrants have died without data being falsified by trump and homan

1. Summary of the results

The analyses provided do not contain any data about the number of legal immigrants who have died, nor do they address claims about data falsification by Trump and Homan regarding immigrant deaths. Instead, the sources reveal concerning administrative practices that could impact immigrant welfare:

• The Trump administration added approximately 6,000 people to the Social Security death master file despite knowing they were alive, as part of a strategy to force "self-deportation" ^[1]. This action could result in loss of income, health insurance, and bank account access for affected individuals.
• Personal data of millions of Medicaid enrollees, including immigration status, was shared with deportation officials to facilitate locating people for deportation ^[2].
• Tom Homan claimed that Obama administration deportation numbers were inflated and that the Trump administration uses "honest numbers," though no specific death-related statistics were provided ^[3].

The remaining sources focus on deportation policies, enforcement operations, and legal challenges but contain no information about immigrant deaths or data falsification regarding fatalities ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}.

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original question assumes that Trump and Homan have falsified data about legal immigrant deaths, but none of the analyses provide evidence supporting or refuting this specific claim. The sources reveal different concerning practices:

• Immigration advocates and lawmakers have condemned the Social Security death file manipulation as an "outrageous abuse of power" with "huge potential for error" ^[9].
• The Trump administration's approach to immigration data appears to focus on deportation statistics rather than mortality data, with Homan specifically claiming more accurate deportation numbers compared to previous administrations ^[3].
• No sources address whether legal immigrants have died in custody or during enforcement operations, nor do they discuss any potential cover-ups or data manipulation regarding deaths.

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original question contains several problematic assumptions:

• It presupposes that Trump and Homan have falsified data about legal immigrant deaths without providing evidence that such falsification has occurred or that there are documented deaths to falsify.
• The question conflates different types of data manipulation - while sources document manipulation of Social Security death records for deportation purposes ^[1], this is different from falsifying actual death statistics.
• The framing suggests there are "actual" numbers of legal immigrant deaths that have been covered up, but none of the analyses provide any death statistics, accurate or otherwise, making it impossible to verify this claim based on the available sources.

The question appears to be based on assumptions rather than documented facts about immigrant mortality data falsification.