Supreme Court Clears Way For Trump Admin To Boot Illegal Aliens From Voter Rolls
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could use an expanded database to remove illegal aliens and non-citizens from voter rolls.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could use an expanded database to remove illegal aliens and non-citizens from voter rolls.
The ruling allows DHS to use its expanded voter citizenship verification system, the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), which allowed the administration to use Social Security records to verify voters’ citizenship. The ruling will likely not have a major impact on the midterm Elections since most states are prohibited from removing voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, according to The Associated Press.
The SAVE program was established to mandate that DHS help federal, state and local agencies prevent government benefits from going to non-citizens. The administration expanded its abilities in 2025 so agencies could take steps to better ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in Elections, causing at least 67 million registrations to be scanned.
U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, a Biden-appointed judge, blocked the administration’s usage of the tool in June, arguing it could wrongly remove citizens from the voter rolls and violated Americans’ privacy rights.