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Original Date Announced
April 22, 2025The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced "a comprehensive optimization of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to ensure a single, reliable source for verifying non-citizen status nationwide." The agencies stated that "[a]utomatic status updates . . . will empower federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies to prevent non-citizens from exploiting taxpayer benefits or voting illegally."
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2025.04.22 DHS - DHS, USCIS, DOGE Overhaul Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements DatabaseSubsequent Trump and Court Action
May 22, 20252025.05.22 USCIS Deploys Updated SAVE Program
USCIS announced that it has updated the SAVE program. In partnership with the Social Security Administration, state and local authorities can now input Social Security numbers in SAVE to help confirm citizenship and prevent non-citizens from voting in elections. To encourage broader use, USCIS has eliminated all charges for state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to use SAVE as of April 1, 2025.
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June 29, 20252025.06.29 Reported: Trump Administration Is Building a National Citizenship Data System - NPR
NPR reports that DHS, in partnership with DOGE, recently integrated a network of federal databases to build a "searchable national citizenship database" that will allow state and county election officials to check the citizenship status of their voter rolls using data from the SSA and immigration databases. For the first time, officials will be able to query SAVE to look up U.S.-born citizens by Social Security Number. Previously, SAVE only responded to queries about foreign-born citizens or noncitizens.
The article quotes experts expressing concern about the privacy and data security implications of the database; the accuracy of the information it contains; and the absence of a transparent and public process. An anonymous state election official told NPR they were specifically worried about how the Trump administration would use information provided by states for the purpose of immigration enforcement.
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NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Data and ReportsSubject Matter: Non-Immigrant Visas Immigrant Visas Enforcement CitizenshipAgencies Affected: USCIS SSA State & Local Entities OtherAssociated or Derivative Policies
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Commentary
2025.04.18 DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants - WIRED
WIRED reports that DOGE staffers uploaded data from the Social Security Administration to the USCIS SAVE database.
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