Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters · ¶27

SAVE is a database that “provides point in time immigration status and U. S. citizenship information to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies.” Application for Stay 5 (internal quotation marks omitted). It was created in 1986 to help States verify eligibility for federally funded benefits like Medicaid and food stamps, which are typically limited to citizens and lawful immigrants. See Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, §121, 100 Stat. 3391, note following 42 U. S. C. §1320b–7; see also 42 U. S. C. §1320b– 7. Since 2005, States have used SAVE for voter-verification purposes too. Application for Stay 6. Twenty-seven States currently use SAVE for that purpose. Ibid.

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