Judge nixes Trump federal voter database

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Judge strikes down Trump administration database of Social Security numbers, citizenship status
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from creating a centralized database containing Social Security numbers along with information about voters’ citizenship status and other sensitive data.

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Judge blocks Trump administration's database of Americans' personal info
Judge nixes Trump federal voter database due to 'privacy rights'
Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests
A federal ⁠judge in California vacated the ⁠Trump administration’s ​nationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short-term facilities...

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Judge blocks Trump administration’s database to check citizenship, personal information
Federal Citizenship Data Tool Cannot Be Used to Screen Voters, Judge Rules
Judge blocks Trump’s administration’s use of revamped immigration database to check voter rolls
In a 75-page decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, D.C., sided with voting rights and privacy advocates who argued that the overhaul of the system, known as SAVE, ma...

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Judge blocks Trump administration's 'haphazard' voter-screening database
Judge says Trump can’t use Social Security data for voter roll purges