The Minnesota Star Tribune: Why the Trump administration keeps asking for Minnesota’s welfare data

This time, however, the federal government has broadened the information it’s pursuing. John Davisson, a director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said that escalation could discourage people from going to the polls or enrolling in benefits for fear their information could end up in the government’s hands. 

“This is going to chill even lawful, valid beneficiaries from seeking public benefits that they’re entitled to,” Davisson said.

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