SAVE, the government’s identity-verification system for entitlements, faces renewed scrutiny as a court flags upgrades as likely illegal and centralised data risks disenfranchising voters amid an unprecedented elections takeover by the administration.
A U.S. district court has ruled that upgrades to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) unlawfully centralized Americans’ personal data, warning it could purge eligible voters from rolls. The decision complicates President Trump’s push to tighten voter verification and leaves the program’s future uncertain as states access the database.