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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Using Immigration Database for Voter Roll Verification

The judge wrote in her 75-page decision that the federal government was knowingly using inaccurate data to remove U.S. citizens from voter rolls.
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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Using Immigration Database for Voter Roll Verification
Voting stickers at polling place at Fairfax High School during the gubernatorial election in Fairfax, Va., on Nov. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Troy Myers
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s use of an immigration database for purging noncitizens from state voter rolls, saying that it violated the privacy rights of American citizens.

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan of the District Court for the District of Columbia in a June 22 ruling said the administration’s use of a restructured Department of Homeland Security (DHS) database violated several privacy laws in disclosing Americans’ Social Security numbers, citizenship status, and other sensitive data.

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Troy Myers
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Troy Myers is a regional reporter based in St. Augustine, Florida. His background includes breaking, criminal justice, and investigative writing for local news, producing on a national morning newscast in Washington, D.C., and working with an award-winning, weekly investigative news program. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his dog at the beach.