NPR: The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system

Legal experts told NPR they were alarmed that a development of this magnitude was already underway without a transparent and public process. 

“That is a debate that needs to play out in a public setting,” said John Davisson, the director of litigation at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. “It’s one that deserves public scrutiny and sunlight, that deserves the participation of elected representatives, that deserves opportunities for the public to weigh in through public comment and testimony.” 

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