1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

Social Security is currently facing an unprecedented crisis due to the actions of the Trump administration and Elon Musk. Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek, under pressure from Musk's team, has already pushed out over 12% of Social Security's workforce, with plans to fire nearly half the remaining employees. Field offices are being shut down, leaving retirees and disabled claimants with limited access to the system. The website has crashed multiple times due to overloaded servers, and remaining staff are overwhelmed by the chaos created from rapid policy changes. This turmoil poses a grave threat to the reliable delivery of $1.5 trillion in earned benefits to 73 million Americans each month. Drastic staffing cuts and organizational upheaval jeopardize the expertise needed to maintain Social Security's complex systems. Unqualified political appointees have been granted access to Americans' most sensitive personal data, risking security breaches. To save Social Security from collapse, we urge you to take immediate action. Call for the reinstatement of fired staff, an increase in staffing levels to meet operational needs, and a halt to further interference by Musk and his allies. Social Security's foundations are being eroded, and urgent legislative intervention is required to protect this vital program for current and future generations of retirees, survivors, and the disabled.