Democratic senators raise concerns about a new Trump citizenship data system

Auditors Downplay OR Voters Registered With No Citizenship Proof

The one-in-35 ratio, applied across the state, suggests the system may have registered more than 21,470 voters without proof of citizenship.

Democratic senators raise concerns about a new Trump citizenship data system

After NPR reported on a Department of Homeland Security tool to check the citizenship of registered voters, three U.S. senators are expressing concern about accuracy, transparency and privacy.

“Senators Want Answers on Use of DHS Database to Purge Voters”

Democracy Docket: Under President Donald Trump, DHS upgraded its Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, integrating data from the Social Security Administration and making the database available to state officials to confirm voter registrants’ citizenship for free.  The… Continue reading The post “Senators Want Answers on Use of DHS Database to Purge Voters” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data With ICE

Ricardo Tomás for ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential tax data. ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an “on demand” process allowing Immigration and Customs E…

Senate Democrats Seek Answers On Trump Overhaul Of Immigrant Database To Find Noncitizen Voters - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

As the Department of Homeland Security seeks to transform a federal database for immigrant benefits into a supercharged database to search for noncitizen voters, a trio of Democratic senators are pressing the department for more information. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday posing a series of questions around the department’s overhaul of the …

Democratic senators raise concerns about a new Trump citizenship data system - TPR: The Public's Radio

After NPR reported on a Department of Homeland Security tool to check the citizenship of registered voters, three U.S. senators are expressing concern about accuracy, transparency and privacy. The post Democratic senators raise concerns about a new Trump citizenship data system appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.