Claire Coleman

Last spring, the Trump administration overhauled a Department of Homeland Security data system known as SAVE, linking it to Social Security data to create a citizenship lookup tool.

The Trump administration has promoted SAVE as a way to verify voters' eligibility, but SAVE has erroneously flagged eligible Americans as potential noncitizens.

Now a federal judge has ruled the changes to SAVE violated federal laws and the tool in its current form can no longer be used.

The decision was celebrated by voting rights and privacy advocates.

A Department of Justice statement says it will continue to aggressively defend the president's immigration enforcement agenda and DHS's use of SAVE.

Jude Jaffeblock, NPR News.

Last spring, the Trump administration overhauled a Department of Homeland Security data system known as SAVE, linking it to Social Security data to create a citizenship lookup tool.

The Trump administration has promoted SAVE as a way to verify voters' eligibility, but SAVE has erroneously flagged eligible Americans as potential non-citizens.

Now a federal judge has ruled the changes to save violated federal laws and the tool in its current form can no longer be used.

The decision was celebrated by voting rights and privacy advocates.

A Department of Justice statement says it will continue to aggressively defend the president's immigration enforcement agenda and DHS's use of save.

Jude Jaffeblock, NPR News.

Last spring, the Trump administration overhauled an existing Department of Homeland Security data system known as SAVE, linking it to Social Security data in order to create a citizenship lookup tool.

The Trump administration has promoted SAVE as a way to verify the citizenship of registered voters, but the system has erroneously flagged eligible Americans as potential non-citizens.

Now, a federal judge has ruled that federal agencies did not have statutory authority to revamp SAVE in this way, that it violated privacy laws, and that the tool in its current form can no longer be used.

The decision was celebrated by voting rights and privacy advocates.

The federal government can appeal.

Jude Joffe Block, NPR News.

The program is called Title X. It was signed into law by President Nixon, and for five decades, it has helped fund free birth control for millions of patients.

This spring, the Trump administration issued an unusual call for Title X funding.