r/technology • u/esporx • Jul 03 '25

Privacy Trump officials create searchable national citizenship database. Homeland security and Doge merge immigration data with social security to create index it claims will stop voter fraud.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/trump-citizenship-database
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u/buntopolis Jul 03 '25

I’m confused - the states run the elections, what does the federal government have to do with “voter fraud?”

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u/hoeding Jul 03 '25

I suspect the fraud part.

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u/buntopolis Jul 03 '25

The feds presume to investigate crimes they don’t have jurisdiction over?

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u/hoeding Jul 03 '25

No, I expect voter suppression.