US judge orders four states be given access to citizenship data for voter checks
The ruling restores bulk-upload and Social Security number search tools after the judge said DHS violated a settlement with four Republican-led states.
- On Tuesday, District Judge Kent Wetherell ordered DHS to immediately reinstate bulk-upload and Social Security number search features in the SAVE database for Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa after the four states sought enforcement of a November 2025 settlement.
- This ruling conflicts with an order last month from Judge Sooknanan, who blocked the expanded SAVE system after determining it ignored privacy laws and violated the Constitution while verifying the citizenship status of more than 67 million voters.
- Wetherell wrote that the agency was "plainly in violation" of the settlement agreement, stating, "This Court is not bound by Judge Sooknanan's order, and with all due respect, the Court disagrees with the conclusions in that order."
- DHS now faces two contradictory court orders, leaving the agency in a bind as it must decide whether to comply with the Florida mandate or maintain the block imposed by the Washington court.
- The League and EPIC, which filed an amicus brief in the Florida case, will likely appeal Tuesday's decision to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, as the Trump administration continues to challenge Sooknanan's ruling in the D.C. Circuit Court.
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Florida federal judge orders DHS to restore voter database access to 4 states: Reports
A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to continue giving four Republican-led states access to a voter citizenship verification database, defying a previous order originally blocking access.
A Florida federal judge ordered on Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security reinstate some of the key functions of its Systematic Alien Verification for Rights (SVE) system, which states use to verify citizenship and immigration status in electoral censuses. The sentence nullifies a judgment of a Washington D.C. judge, who determined that the functions of the SAVE system, including one that allowed officials to verify citizenship status …
Election Integrity Win as Judge Tells DHS to Reopen Citizenship Database to Four GOP States.
A Florida judge has told DHS it can restore states’ access to federal citizenship data, as they check their voter rolls for people who should not be eligible to participate in elections.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge in Florida has told the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restore access to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system’s federal citizenship data for Florida and three other Republican-led s…
US judge orders four states be given access to citizenship data for voter checks
A federal judge in Florida has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to resume giving four Republican-led states access to an immigration database to check the citizenship status of people on their voter rolls, after another judge blocked it from continuing to use the database nationwide.
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