The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security
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Justice Department will share voter data with Homeland Security to identify non-citizens on voter rolls.
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Your voter registration information may be shared between federal agencies and cross-referenced with immigration databases, raising privacy concerns about how voter data is used and protected.
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The Justice Department plans to share voter data it has obtained from states with the Department of Homeland Security to run through a citizenship verification tool. The move represents an escalation in the Trump administration's effort to cross-reference voter rolls with immigration enforcement databases. DHS will use the data to identify potential non-citizens on voter registration lists. The initiative draws criticism over privacy concerns and the reliability of automated citizenship checks. The exact scope of data sharing and which states are involved have not been detailed.
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