CONFIRMEDTechnologyNPR reported that the Trump administration's DHS is linking data across multiple federal agencies to build a national citizenship tracking tool. The system would create a comprehensive database tracking the citizenship status of everyone in the United States.
“NPR reported that the Trump administration's DHS is linking data across multiple federal agencies to build a national citizenship tracking tool. The system would create a comprehensive database tracking the citizenship status of everyone in the United States.”
The Trump administration is quietly linking databases across federal agencies to create something that has never existed before: a national citizenship tracking system. NPR broke the story. Almost nobody noticed.
DHS is connecting data from the IRS, Social Security Administration, State Department, and other agencies to build a comprehensive tool that can determine the citizenship status of any person in the United States. Think of it as a national ID system built without legislation, without debate, and without your consent.
It starts with immigration enforcement. It always does. But a database that can identify every non-citizen can, by definition, also track every citizen. Once the infrastructure exists, its use inevitably expands. The NSA's mass surveillance was originally built for "counterterrorism." Now it hoovers up everyone's data.
Axios reported that the administration is considering requiring citizenship verification for bank accounts. Your ability to participate in the financial system could soon depend on a government database confirming your citizenship status. If they can turn it off for non-citizens today, they can turn it off for dissidents tomorrow.
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