Court blocks DHS from purging voters via expanded citizenship database

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. blocked DHS from using its expanded SAVE citizenship database to purge voters, vacating the 2025 modifications as illegal under the Privacy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Social Security Act and returning the system to its pre-change state. The ruling halts mass voter verification via SAVE and signals a major setback to efforts to centralize citizenship data for elections, with an appeal likely forthcoming.