As a temporary entity without legislative sanction. “In general, you must be a US citizen or national (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island).
To work for the federal government, but there are some exceptions,” according to USA Jobs, the official website of the US government.
If “no qualified US citizen is available” or “if the annual Appropriations Act, the Immigration Law, and the agency’s internal policies permit it,”
A non-US citizen may be hired “into the excepted service or Senior Executive Service.” Therefore, it seems that Musk’s power is limited,
Even if DOGE may have been given “full access” to sensitive financial information, including “social security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors… All of it.”
Additionally, two individuals told The Atlantic that Trump firmly opposed his desire to hire Baris Akis, a non-US national, as a member of DOGE. According to the company’s website,
