Noem says DHS updated 'Save Database' to combat voter fraud and protect benefits integrity

Summary

In a brief weekly recap, Secretary Noem said DHS improved the "Save Database," described in the remarks as a systematic alien verification entitlement program, to reduce voter fraud and ensure taxpayer-funded benefits go to U.S. citizens; the transcript offered no technical details or legal citations.

Secretary Noem, Department of Homeland Security, said DHS made "improvements to the systematic alien verification entitlement Grama, better known as the Save Database," and framed those changes as measures "to combat voter fraud, protect election integrity, and ensure taxpayer funded benefits only go to American citizens."

The transcript uses the names "Save Database" and "systematic alien verification entitlement Grama" but did not provide technical details, legal authority, scope, or implementation timetable for the changes. No supporting documents, regulatory citations, or vendor names were referenced in the remarks.

The remarks placed the database update alongside other agency accomplishments in a weekly recap; the transcript did not describe any formal votes, rulemaking, or coordination with state election officials.

Because the transcript presentation was a brief summary remark, readers should treat the statements as an announcement of DHS activity without the technical or legal context required to assess its effects on benefit eligibility or election processes.