Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship
Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.
The US Supreme Court has lifted restrictions on the Trump administration to use a controversial federal database that uses citizenship information and other sensitive data to identify voters suspected of being non-citizens.
Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.
In June, a federal judge ruled that the system was illegal and violated the privacy rights of Americans.
In June, however, US District Judge Sparkle L Soonnan - a Biden-appointee - ruled that the revamped system shows that the federal government "knowingly trampled on the privacy rights" of US citizens "in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote".