By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-22 22:10:07 | Updated at 2026-06-22 23:51:11
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Voting stickers at polling place at Fairfax High School during the gubernatorial election in Fairfax, Va., on Nov. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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.
