The DHS is demanding a slew of records from Los Angeles County to determine if individuals in the United States illegally received payments stemming from the Social Security Administration, dating back to 2021.

In a statement, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accused “radical left politicians in California” of prioritizing migrants in the U.S. over American citizens by “giving illegal aliens access to cash benefits.” Recipients of Los Angeles County’s CAPI program must be non-citizens who have been lawfully admitted into the U.S., paroled, granted conditional entry, or whose removal has been withheld. According to Los Angeles County’s website, the payments are designed for recipients who are ages 65 or over, blind, or disabled.