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Privacy Litigation Over DHS SAVE Voter Citizenship Database Reaches Supreme Court
EPIC, alongside voting rights organisations, is challenging the Department of Homeland Security's proposal to expand the SAVE system into a national citizenship database and the Department of Justice's demands for unredacted state voter rolls. Judge Sooknanan ruled in EPIC's favour on 22 June 2026 and vacated the expansion, but the Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of that order, with three justices dissenting. The article argues the Privacy Act of 1974 is central to the case.
Nick Andersen's acting CISA role nears its time limit with no permanent nominee in sight
Nick Andersen has been acting director of CISA since February, and acting service is limited to 210 days. Sean Plankey withdrew his Senate nomination in April, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in June that a replacement was coming, but no nominee has appeared. The administration reportedly may retitle Andersen as senior official performing the duties of director, and lawmakers from both parties have supported him.
Hacktivist leak exposes records of more than 41,000 DHS staff, including undercover ICE agents
A group calling itself the Department of Peace leaked records on more than 41,000 DHS employees and contractors, covering DHS and seven component agencies including ICE and CBP. The data includes email addresses, phone numbers, office addresses, references to internal systems and information on undercover and surveillance programmes. Distributed Denial of Secrets published the archive, named Icepick, and says it comes from DHS's Okta login system.