DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks

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 initial results, however, didn’t exactly back up President Donald Trump’s contention that noncitizen voting is widespread.

The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, system now performs bulk searches using Social Security numbers for the first time.

Author's summary: DHS accesses Social Security data for voter checks.

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ProPublica ProPublica — 2025-10-30

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