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.
“All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” Sooknanan wrote in her 75-page decision. “This court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”…