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US Supreme Court To Let Trump Use Federal Database To Weed Out Non-Citizens

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US Supreme Court To Let Trump Use Federal Database To Weed Out Non-Citizens
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The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November's elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting.The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision.The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their rolls.States' use of the SAVE program is voluntary.

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