Federal Judge Halts Trump Administration Plan to Create Citizenship Verification System


A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from creating a database containing millions of Americans’ private information, including Social Security numbers and citizenship status, ruling that the effort likely violated federal privacy laws, Politico reports.

The database was intended to help states verify voter eligibility, but the judge said inaccurate data has previously led to eligible U.S. citizens being wrongly identified as non-citizens and removed from voter rolls.

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