{"id":6936,"date":"2025-11-07T19:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2025-11-07T19:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:32:08","slug":"states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has continued its upgrades of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to enable states to verify that only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections. States can now use SAVE to verify the citizenship of voters and voting registrants using the last four digits of the individual\u2019s Social Security number rather than requiring the full nine digits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUSCIS remains dedicated to eliminating barriers to securing the nation\u2019s electoral process,\u201d said USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser. \u201cBy allowing states to efficiently verify voter eligibility, we are reinforcing the principle that America\u2019s elections are reserved exclusively for American citizens. We encourage all federal, state, and local agencies to use the SAVE program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of USCIS\u2019 commitment to Executive Order 14248, Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections, this system enhancement enables registered user agencies, especially those verifying voter rolls, to create a SAVE case without needing a Department of Homeland Security identifier or complete Social Security number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAVE Optimization has enabled state voting agencies to submit over 46 million voter verification queries and has also allowed federal agencies to submit over 110 million queries to help verify eligibility for federally funded benefits. These initiatives combined with SAVE\u2019s status verifications for new benefit requests have collectively resulted in more than 205 million status verifications queries as of October 2025 compared to 25 million status verification queries in all of calendar year 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, only 26 states already have, or are in the process of establishing, a memorandum of agreement for voter verification with SAVE. Government officials at all levels in all states should be committed to eliminating voter fraud and restoring faith in America\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information is available on SAVE\u2019s Voter Registration and Voter List Maintenance Fact Sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u2014 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has continued its upgrades of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to enable states to verify that only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections. States can now use SAVE to verify the citizenship of voters and voting registrants using the last four digits of the individual\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california-arizona"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship - El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship - El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON\u2014 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has continued its upgrades of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to enable states to verify that only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections. States can now use SAVE to verify the citizenship of voters and voting registrants using the last four digits of the individual\u2019s [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eltermometrodelanoticia.mx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-08T03:32:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-08T03:32:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"665\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/639e7bbb8ebc8278e3840b35c51713e0\"},\"headline\":\"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-08T03:32:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-08T03:32:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":333,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/\",\"name\":\"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship - El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-08T03:32:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-08T03:32:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg\",\"width\":1067,\"height\":665},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/07\\\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/\",\"name\":\"El Tem\u00f3metro de la Noticia\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"El Tem\u00f3metro de la Noticia\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/cropped-logo-ok.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/cropped-logo-ok.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"El Tem\u00f3metro de la Noticia\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/eltermometrodelanoticia.mx\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/639e7bbb8ebc8278e3840b35c51713e0\",\"name\":\"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltermometro.mx\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/staff\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship - El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship - El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","og_description":"WASHINGTON\u2014 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has continued its upgrades of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to enable states to verify that only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections. States can now use SAVE to verify the citizenship of voters and voting registrants using the last four digits of the individual\u2019s [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/","og_site_name":"El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eltermometrodelanoticia.mx\/","article_published_time":"2025-11-08T03:32:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-08T03:32:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1067,"height":665,"url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","Tiempo de lectura":"2 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#\/schema\/person\/639e7bbb8ebc8278e3840b35c51713e0"},"headline":"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship","datePublished":"2025-11-08T03:32:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-08T03:32:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/"},"wordCount":333,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg","articleSection":["CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/","url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/","name":"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship - El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-08T03:32:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-08T03:32:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-07-17-18-38.jpg","width":1067,"height":665},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/states-can-now-use-last-four-digits-of-social-security-numbers-to-verify-citizenship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"States can now use last four digits of Social Security numbers to verify citizenship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/","name":"El Tem\u00f3metro de la Noticia","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#organization","name":"El Tem\u00f3metro de la Noticia","url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-logo-ok.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-logo-ok.png","width":800,"height":224,"caption":"El Tem\u00f3metro de la Noticia"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eltermometrodelanoticia.mx\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/#\/schema\/person\/639e7bbb8ebc8278e3840b35c51713e0","name":"Staff El Term\u00f3metro de la Noticia","url":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/author\/staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6937,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions\/6937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltermometro.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}