US EditionGOP-led states settle lawsuit against federal government over checking citizenship status of voters
The settlement grants four Republican-led states access to citizenship data via the SAVE program, allowing thousands of searches and new data sharing with DHS to verify voter eligibility.
- The four Republican-led states settled lawsuits with the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem after suing roughly a year ago to access voters' citizenship data.
- The states alleged the prior administration withheld citizenship-status information needed to determine whether thousands of registered voters were eligible, and Republican election officials say even one illegal noncitizen vote is too many.
- The SAVE program, run by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, was updated earlier this year and now offers free high-volume searches without DHS-issued IDs, returning verification within 48 hours.
- Within 90 days, the settlement requires the states to develop a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Homeland Security and may provide up to 1,000 randomly selected driver’s license records.
- Information sharing is likely to be a focal point of the 2026 midterm elections, and voting rights groups have sued over the expanded SAVE program amid DOJ requests for voter rolls from half the states.
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