Federal Judge Orders DHS To Restore Citizenship Verification Tools Used By States

of the settlement agreement,” Wetherell wrote in his order.

The judge noted that the verification tools had been functioning from December 2025 until June before they were shut down.

The dispute arose after U.S. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that modifications made to the SAVE system continue reading …