Homeland Security wants state driver's license data for sweeping citizenship program

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Jonathan Shorman - November 28, 2025 4:45 am

The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeks access to an obscure computer network used by law enforcement agencies, according to a federal notice, potentially allowing officials to bypass negotiating with states for the records.

The information would then be plugged into a Homeland Security program known as SAVE that Trump officials have deployed to search for rare instances of alleged noncitizen voters and to verify citizenship. The plan comes as the Trump administration demands states share copies of their voter files that include sensitive personal data that also is being plugged into SAVE; it is suing some states that refuse.

Trump officials tout the SAVE program as a boost for election integrity. But critics of the program warn the federal government is constructing a massive, centralized information source on Americans. They fear President Donald Trump or a future president could use the tool to surveil residents or target political enemies.




Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/28/repub/homeland-security-wants-state-drivers-license-data-for-sweeping-citizenship-program/

[Lovie777]

1. This will backfire as well..................

vote these evil sobs out.

[twodogsbarking]

2. So they have already done it? Hmmm.

Didn't people see what was happening with the Patriot Act and Homeland Security. It wasn't to protect us. You can disagree with me if you like and I won't say fuck you.

[ChicagoTeamster]

3. MAGAs already destroyed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 by encouraging Red states to drop out of the program

[mdbl]

4. They consider any non-repuglican vote as fraud.

[MLWR]

5. How much is this latest example of "waste, fraud and abuse" going to cost us taxpayers?

[popsdenver]

6. And don't miss

the new license plate readers being installed all over traffic intersections all over Denver, highways, and other towns in Colorado........

[MichMan]

7. By the Federal Government?

[popsdenver]

8. NO

by local governments for legitimate uses, but there is accelerating abuse of the system being documented by ICE and the FEDS...............

[DBoon]

9. News story on this from San Diego

https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/11/20/san-diego-county-police-agencies-access-many-private-license-plate-readers-with-minimal-oversight

The nondescript black cameras are mounted near each entrance of the Las Americas Premium Outlets, capturing the license plate, make and model of every car that enters the mall parking lot.

“As soon as you come in, it's in the system,” said a former worker with Simon Property Group. The company is the largest owner of shopping malls in the country, including Las Americas, the sprawling complex next to the San Ysidro border crossing.

At first, he embraced the automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras from Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based surveillance technology company. The former employee believed the ALPR system would help address shoplifting and solve serious crimes that occasionally happened around the mall, like robberies and vehicle theft.

And then he realized the power — and scope — of the license plate surveillance system. Flock can help users analyze patterns of movement and potential associations between drivers. And Simon Property Group gave several law enforcement agencies open access to search and receive notifications from its ALPR system.

[popsdenver]

10. good catch DB

Flock is the one in use in Denver Metro and Colorado........Ice has been allowed to tap into it......