The Department of Government Efficiency is pushing to build a single centralized database to unify agency systems to advance Trump administration priorities, including tracking down and deporting undocumented immigrants and rooting out waste and fraud in government, according to government workers.

But critics of the plans say the database will include personal information about U.S. citizens and would violate privacy and security protections, reported The Washington Post on Wednesday.

The DOGE team, overseen by Elon Musk, has been collecting information from across the government, said multiple federal employees, including a former DOGE staffer, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals.

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