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Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeks to connect Nlets to SAVE to access state driver’s license records for citizenship verification, as part of a broader effort to build a U.S. citizenship database.
Seeking to avoid individual state connections, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services pushed for Nlets as a simpler solution than linking to 50 state databases, while the Trump administration demands voter files and sues states refusing to comply.
The network, Nlets, dates to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System and is already available to ICE, which, along with Homeland Security Investigations, ran nearly 900,000 searches over the past year.
Dozens of congressional Democrats warned governors in mid-November that Nlets shares driver’s license data with ICE, with a Nov. 12 letter saying at least five states have blocked this, and Oregon and Colorado consider bans.
Privacy experts warn the plan centralizes data and lowers privacy expectations, as Cody Venzke said the SAVE expansion could build dossiers and the League of Women Voters filed a federal lawsuit.

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Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program

The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.

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