33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NPR

September 10, 2025 5:00 AM ET


Tens of millions of voters have had their citizenship status and other information checked using a revamped tool offered by the Trump administration, even as many states — led by both Democrats and Republicans — are refusing or hesitating to use it because of outstanding questions about the system.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says election officials have used the tool to check the information of more than 33 million voters — a striking portion of the American public, considering little information has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security.

The latest update to the system, known as SAVE, took effect Aug. 15 and allows election officials to use just the last four digits of voters' Social Security numbers — along with names and dates of birth — to check if the voters are U.S. citizens, or if they have died.

The upgrade makes the tool far more accessible, since it now aligns with the information most states collect or have access to for most voters. But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses USCIS, has not responded to questions about the system from members of Congress, and numerous election officials NPR spoke with expressed concern about what else the Trump administration could do with the data it acquires from states.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/09/10/nx-s1-5477367/save-election-citizenship-data-trump

[FakeNoose]

1. I'll bet it's likely Dem voters too - targeting the city-dwellers, the POC

... and people with foreign-sounding names.

[Walleye]

2. I was born in Delaware, I hope I'm still a citizen

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Delaware has always been

a scrappy little independent state (and no sales tax). The "First State".

[Walleye]

7. Yeah, we've gotten pretty hip in the last few years. We have a transgender congresswoman now.

I hope the maga disease doesn’t take over here. There are a couple of right wing strongholds downstate, but here in the northern New Castle county we’re pretty progressive.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. I'm probably about 45 miles north of Wilmington from where I live in Philly (going down 95)

and have been through there many times (plus we had a satellite office in my agency that was located in Wilmington, so had been there a few times before I retired).

You do have some MAGats down in Sussex County, especially near MD's eastern shore where more are located.

But Delaware was never as show-boaty and attention-getting as Jersey (as a neighbor state to PA), so they are just quietly "there".

[Walleye]

11. Yes, as Delawareans, we are usually happy to do our best and come in second. That's where we're comfortable.

I have heard Delaware called Baja Pennsylvania.

[ecstatic]

4. This is nuts! I can barely get (left leaning) citizens to vote

It's like pulling teeth.

Meanwhile, you have republicans voting multiple times to install a traitorous pedophile.

Republicans are completely delusional criminals.

[Walleye]

8. Everyone who is not voting is responsible for this mess

[twodogsbarking]

5. My ancestor fought in the Revolutionary War, against, well, England.

No money to pay him so he was given land. My Grandfather was born in the house that was built there. Can I vote?
Fuck you Trump. No, double fuck you Trump.

[Walleye]

9. My ancestors have been here before the revolutionary war as well

Unfortunately, the one that is well known was a big asshole. Indian killer and slaveholder. But hey. We went through went what we went through and we got here.

[popsdenver]

12. There are many here currently

that can trace their North American Heritage back far before the Revolutionary War......or even when other countries landed on this continent...........

[ToxMarz]

6. I doubt they will ever release any honest information on what they "uncovered"

I am confident there is a statistically insignificant number of non-citizens registered to vote. They don't come here so they can vote, and just as they commit far less crime than legal residents, they don't have a compelling reason to illegally register to vote. They keep their heads down and try not to get on anyones radar.

But this isn't what Trump and the Repukes want to be the message, so all we will hear if they find ONE illegal voter registration is that it proves elections are rigged, and Trump won in 2020. Actually we will hear that even if they find NONE.