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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Johana Bhuiyan

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Trump officials create searchable national citizenship database | History Defined

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Kristi Noem speaks in the Oval Office next to Donald Trump earlier this month. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

The US Department of Homeland Security has for the first time built a national citizenship database that combines information from immigration agencies and the Social Security Administration.

The database was created in collaboration with the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) in an effort to bridge the gaps between disparate information sources to make it easier to determine whether someone is a citizen, according to NPR, which first reported the details of the database.

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