The Social Security Administration lifted the block on using the SAVE database on September 25.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
The block was lifted on September 25, 2026, but the Supreme Court did it, on a DHS/DOJ emergency request, not the Social Security Administration. The SSA's data was part of the challenged system, so the event and date are supported while the claimed actor is contradicted.
What was said
… The appellate court in the D.C. Circuit denied their appeal to allow them to continue using the SAVE database and verifying the eligibility of the people receiving Social Security. September 25th, they lifted the block, and then today so just less than one month later, or yesterday, not today they were able to finish the job. So I do question whether they actually paused. …
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Contradicts. The lifting was an order by the Supreme Court granting the Justice Department's request to stay a district court injunction, not an action taken by the Social Security Administration.[1][3][4]
Supports. Reuters and AP report that the Supreme Court on Friday, September 25, 2026, lifted a lower court block on the expanded SAVE database, which combines Social Security and citizenship records.[1][2]
Context. The district court (Judge Sooknanan) had blocked DHS from using the expanded SAVE system on June 22, 2026, and the stay allows DHS to resume use while litigation continues; the SSA's records were part of the challenged arrangement.[3][4][5]
Context. The claim's extraction from a post about 'they' lifting the block is read as referring to the administration, so the departure lies in the named actor, not the date.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification systemreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for nowapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Supreme Court Allows SAVE Citizenship Verification ...hodgsonruss.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4U.S. Supreme Court allows use of expanded SAVE system ahead ...news.ballotpedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5Explainer: DHS's Unreliable SAVE System Can no Longer ...democracy2025.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Justice Jackson warns Supreme Court favoring Trump admin over votersyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- The Supreme Court decided on September 25 to allow the Department of Homeland Security to resume using its revamped SAVE citizenship database.True
- A judge blocked the Social Security Administration from using the SAVE database to verify eligibility for payments on June 22.True
- The D.C. Circuit appellate court denied an appeal to allow the Social Security Administration to continue using the SAVE database for eligibility verification.True
- The Social Security Administration database contained 25 million records missing citizenship information.True
- The Social Security Administration has updated its records to include 390 million records that were recently reviewed and corrected.Mixed