Judge restricts Homeland Security field operations aimed at unearthing voter fraud in nine states

Summary

A judge restricted Department of Homeland Security field operations aimed at unearthing voter fraud, The New York Times reported on Thursday 22 October, the ruling largely blocking homeland security agents from carrying out field interviews in nine states, including California, as part of a sprawling effort to find noncitizens registered to vote. CBS News reported that the federal judge ruled that DHS's practice of knocking on doors and asking people about their immigration status, and whether they have voted in recent elections, likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The ruling covered stops and field interviews being carried out by hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents assigned to fan out across the country, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Later that day The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported that the federal judge ordered that President Donald Trump's administration must halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.

Latest: A judge restricted Homeland Security field operations aimed at unearthing voter fraud, largely blocking agents from carrying out field interviews in nine states, including California, The New York Times reported, CBS News saying the judge ruled DHS's practice of knocking on doors likely violates the Voting Rights Act, and The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News that the judge ordered that the Trump administration must halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.

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