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DOJ, DHS probing deal to share states’ voter roll data
The DOJ plans to share voter registration data with DHS for immigration enforcement amid litigation from 29 states and D.C. over privacy and election integrity concerns.
- On Thursday, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security neared finalizing an agreement to share state voter registration data for immigration enforcement and criminal investigations, CBS News reported.
- The DOJ is currently litigating against 29 states and the District of Columbia after they refused to hand over unredacted voter rolls, claiming it needs the data to ensure compliance with federal voter registration maintenance laws.
- Despite the pending agreement, DOJ attorneys have not disclosed the data-sharing plans to courts overseeing the cases; one judge warned the 'obfuscation of its true motives' will not be taken lightly.
- Attorneys including Acting Voting Section Chief Eric Neff and James Tucker face potential sanctions; Deborah Pearlstein, director of Princeton University School's law and public policy program, warned they are '100% in jeopardy of substantial sanctions' if withholding information.
- Under the arrangement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement could submit queries matching voter data against DHS alien databases, with Todd Lyons, senior official performing duties of acting director of ICE, expected to lead the formal data access request.
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Gregory Bull/APThe Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are close to finalizing an agreement that would let the federal government use voter registration data from states for immigration enforcement and criminal investigations, CBS News first reported Thursday.The Justice Department would share voter rolls that it’s collecting from states with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit so th…
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