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Judge curbs Trump administration’s hunt for noncitizen voters in some states, citing flawed data
CNN • • general
Key Points:
- A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt certain investigative actions targeting noncitizen voters, citing reliance on faulty data that mistakenly includes U.S. citizens.
- Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín highlighted that DHS’s data alleging illegal voters inadvertently includes U.S. citizens, causing fear among lawful voters about being wrongly investigated.
- The order restricts DHS from conducting field investigations, such as interviews, if there is a possibility the targeted individual is a U.S. citizen, covering nine states including California and New York.
- The ruling takes effect Friday afternoon and will remain until after the midterm elections, allowing the Trump administration time to appeal; it represents a significant challenge to DHS’s aggressive voter fraud investigations.
- DHS has been central to President Trump’s efforts to investigate alleged noncitizen voter fraud, which experts and officials have widely regarded as unfounded; CNN has sought comment from DHS.
