The Trump administration's immigration enforcement arm is seeking unrestricted access to what experts describe as the most comprehensive government database of people in the United States, a system built to protect children and domestic violence survivors, not track immigrants.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested full access to the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS), a set of databases held within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that contains the name, address, Social Security number, employer and salary of every employed person in the country, according to ProPublica, which cited six current and former federal officials.
