The Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security is allowed to use confidential data from the Social Security Administration based on Section 1373 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
The Supreme Court's September 25, 2026 emergency order stayed the lower-court block on the revamped SAVE database, with the majority reasoning that 8 U.S.C. §1373 of IIRIRA expressly authorizes DHS to receive citizenship-related information from agencies including SSA.
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… voters, but just focused on the harm that the government could suffer if they weren't allowed to use this new SAVE database, and weighing the legality of DHS using what's otherwise protected, confidential data from the Social Security Administration, which the majority ruled DHS was allowed to do based on the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, Section 1373. And this is the big kind of legal debate regarding, is this database actually legal? Are they allowed to use this protected data? The district court said no. The dissent says no. The plaintiffs say no. …
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Supports. Reuters reports the majority said federal law expressly authorizes DHS to request and receive citizenship and immigration status information from other agencies, including the Social Security Administration, and that plaintiffs' arguments likely fail.[1]
Supports. The Cornell-hosted Supreme Court order text quotes 8 U.S.C. §1373 and states that Congress expressly authorized DHS to receive citizenship information from agencies including SSA, which underpins the stay.[3]
Supports. AP reports the Court lifted restrictions on the SAVE program, which uses SSA data to verify voter eligibility, for now; FindLaw says the Court's reading of §1373 was largely the basis for concluding plaintiffs' claims were likely to fail.[2][4]
Context. The ruling is a temporary stay pending appeal, and the Court did not decide whether the program complies with federal privacy law; the claim's word 'ruled' slightly overstates its finality but not its substance.[4][5]
Context. A later district court filing argues that §1373 authorizes only specific citizenship verifications under §1373(c) and that the Supreme Court did not find §1373(a) authorizes broader distribution, a contested reading of the order rather than a contradiction of the claim.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification systemreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for nowapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY v. LEAGUE OF ...law.cornell.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Voter Database Keep Running for Now - FindLawfindlaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters, 609 U.S. ___ (2026)supreme.justia.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTstorage.courtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: context
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