{"id":2617777,"date":"2026-06-23T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-born-biden-judge-named-sparkle-strikes-down-trump-database-to-purge-illegal-voters-because-it-purges-voters\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:12:41","slug":"foreign-born-biden-judge-named-sparkle-strikes-down-trump-database-to-purge-illegal-voters-because-it-purges-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-born-biden-judge-named-sparkle-strikes-down-trump-database-to-purge-illegal-voters-because-it-purges-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Born Biden Judge Named &#8216;Sparkle&#8217; Strikes Down Trump Database to Purge Illegal Voters Because It Purges Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforeign-born-biden-judge-named-sparkle-strikes-down-trump-database-to-purge-illegal-voters-because-it-purges-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-appointed-judge-blocks-desantis-on-penalizing-big-tech-for-censorship\/\" title=\"Clinton-Appointed ... Blocks DeSantis On Penalizing Big Tech For Censorship\">federal judge appointed<\/a> by President joe Biden, Sparkle Sooknanan, who was born in Trinidad adn Tobago and became a U.S. citizen in 2009, blocked former President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to purge non-citizens from voter rolls. The case challenged the Trump governance&#8217;s overhaul of the SAVE program, designed to verify immigration status and citizenship, claiming it led to the wrongful removal of eligible U.S.citizens and infringed on voters&#8217; privacy rights.Judge Sooknanan ruled that the overhaul unlawfully disenfranchises voters and breaches privacy protections.Her decision halted the use of a federal database intended for voter verification, a move praised by voting rights advocates but criticized by some officials, including Department of Homeland Security representatives, who argued it hindered efforts to prevent voter fraud. Critics have accused Sooknanan of being biased,citing her background representing illegal immigrants pro bono and her progressive stance. The ruling generated social media debate, with figures like Elon Musk criticizing it as problematic and others viewing it as a setback for election security. The controversy highlights ongoing partisan conflicts over voter integrity, immigration verification, and election security measures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A foreign-born federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has blocked President Donald Trump\u2019s move to purge illegal aliens from voter rolls.<\/p>\n<p>In so doing, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan neutralized a central component of Trump\u2019s election integrity efforts, which involved creating a database that would enable states to identify and remove noncitizens from voter rolls by cross-checking individuals\u2019 Social Security numbers and citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p>In a rambling <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.285454\/gov.uscourts.dcd.285454.111.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75-page ruling<\/a> Monday, Sooknanan said Trump\u2019s 2025 overhaul of the SAVE program \u2014 which stands for Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements \u2014 disenfranchises voters and violates privacy rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,\u201d Sooknanan wrote, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/national\/2026\/06\/22\/judge-rules-against-trump-overhaul-save-database-noncitizen-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Votebeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sooknanan \u2014 who has been a federal judge for just 17 months \u2014 was born in Trinidad and Tobago, but was naturalized in 2009.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Biden-Appointed Federal Judge named Sparkle Sooknanan, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, has blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped centralized immigration database to help check the accuracy of voter rolls. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rjXfwteagM\">pic.twitter.com\/rjXfwteagM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America (@america) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/america\/status\/2069203931910037546?\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In her decision Monday, she slammed the Trump\u2019s administration overhaul of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/foreign-national-slapped-election-fraud-charges-may-illegally-voting-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAVE<\/a>, a decades-old immigration status verification program.<\/p>\n<p>The White House wanted to make it easier for states to check the voter rolls against a federal database, which includes individuals\u2019 citizenship status and Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs claimed the database has occasionally flagged or removed U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote, causing Sooknanan to fume that federal officials \u201chaphazardly combined and repurposed the private information of millions of Americans, including citizenship data that they knew to be unreliable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates have partnered with the federal government to access the database and are actively removing United States citizens from voter rolls based on inaccurate information,\u201d the judge wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The case was filed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lawmaker-pushes-sex-ed-overhaul-teaching-gender-identity-to-5-year-olds-anal-sex-to-11-year-olds\/\" title=\"New York Lawmaker Pushes Sex Ed Overhaul: Teaching \u2018Gender Identity\u2019 To 5-Year-Olds, \u2018Anal Sex\u2019 To 11-Year-Olds\">left-wing activist group<\/a>, the League of Women Voters.<\/p>\n<p>Marcia Johnson, an executive with the organization, applauded Sooknanan\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s decision is a resounding victory for voters,\u201d Johnson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/epic.org\/press-release-federal-judge-shuts-down-trump-vance-voter-purge-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cEfforts to create a federal voter database to facilitate voter purges threaten the fundamental right at the heart of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, James Percival, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security \u2014 which maintains the SAVE database \u2014 scoffed at the leftist cheerleading of potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-okeefe-videos-indisputable-proof-huge-ca-voter-fraud-big-newsoms-office-instantly-called-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rampant voter fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist,\u201d Percival wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge Sparkle Sooknanan\u2019s latest ruling preventing DHS from addressing alien voting is just the latest example!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist. Judge Sparkle Soknanan\u2019s latest ruling preventing DHS from addressing alien voting is just the latest example!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSGenCounsel\/status\/2069150657693540396?\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Numerous X commenters noted that Sooknanan is a left-wing activist masquerading as an impartial judge.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a judge, she did thousands of hours of pro bono work representing illegal aliens who were supposed to be deported.<\/p>\n<p>This is a dubious \u201caccomplishment\u201d leftists <a href=\"https:\/\/civilrights.org\/resource\/the-leadership-conference-supports-the-confirmation-of-sparkle-sooknanan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragged<\/a> about during her confirmation process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Judge Sparkle Sooknanan spent over 3,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >000 hours pro bono representing illegals defend<\/a> against deportation and removal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>She just blocked the US Government from making sure those illegals weren\u2019t on US voter rolls.<\/p>\n<p>Activist cosplaying as a Judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C3 (@C_3C_3) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/C_3C_3\/status\/2069383525246136599?\">June 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sooknanan\u2019s move to block Trump from cleaning up U.S. voter rolls to ensure fair elections ignited a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-book-publisher-refuses-to-distribute-book-by-cop-shot-by-breonna-taylors-boyfriend\/\" title=\"Major Book Publisher Refuses To Distribute Book By Cop Shot By Breonna Taylor\u2019s Boyfriend\">social media backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk called the ruling \u201cinsane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk was reacting to an X commenter who said, \u201cImagine having to explain to George Washington that America can\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-republican-redirect-bidens-secret-flights-of-illegal-aliens-to-his-home-state-of-delaware\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Republican: Redirect Biden&#039;s Secret Flights of Illegal Aliens to His Home State of Delaware\">prevent illegal aliens<\/a> from voting in our elections because a foreign born judge called \u2018Sparkle Sooknanan\u2019 said so.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Imagine having to explain to George Washington that America can\u2019t prevent illegal aliens from voting in our elections because a foreign born judge called \u2018Sparkle Sooknanan\u2019 said so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ALX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alx\/status\/2069209616429322342?\">June 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another X commenter was baffled at the patent absurdity of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that the federal government cannot use its own databases to enforce its own laws is so insane ONLY a progressive could believe it,\u201d research analyst Andrew Follett wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The idea that the federal government cannot use its own databases to enforce its own laws is so insane ONLY a progressive could believe it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfuA8t2YdC\">https:\/\/t.co\/cfuA8t2YdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewCFollett\/status\/2069204663501521021?\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By now, it\u2019s obvious that the political left simply doesn\u2019t care that there\u2019s rampant voter fraud, because enabling it helps their \u201cside\u201d to keep winning elections.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a tragic reflection on the left\u2019s warped, unpatriotic mindset, and a major reason why this nation is buckling under the weight of a systemic foreign invasion.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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