ICE agents accessed voter files in Texas and North Carolina
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Key Points:
- ICE agents accessed voter files in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and Webb County, Texas, as part of efforts under the Trump administration to identify noncitizens voting, despite minimal evidence of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens.
- This move represents a significant federal intervention into local election management, with the Department of Justice also seeking voter data from states, raising concerns about state sovereignty and election integrity.
- Democracy Forward obtained emails revealing coordination between county election officials and ICE, as well as requests for voter information from Texas’s Secretary of State and DHS officials linked to election fraud investigations.
- Heather Honey, a DHS senior “election integrity” official and former election conspiracy activist, has been actively involved in obtaining voter data and investigating alleged voter fraud across states.
- DHS General Counsel James Percival directed ICE to impose stricter penalties, including deportation, for noncitizens found voting illegally, emphasizing the impact of illegal voting on American citizens’ votes and democracy.