DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks
A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data.
Experts say it contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and privacy.
This year, states began using an expanded Department of Homeland Security system to check their voter rolls for noncitizens.
The system, known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, system, was supposed to validate the Trump administration’s push to harness data from across federal agencies.
The goal was to expose illicit voting and stiffen immigration enforcement.
The added information allowed the system to perform bulk searches using Social Security numbers for the first time.
President Donald Trump’s contention that noncitizen voting is widespread
was not backed up by the initial results.
Author's summary: DHS access to Social Security data raises concerns.
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