DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate US citizens, whistleblower alleges
The whistleblower says hundreds of DHS agents used faulty data and 12-minute reviews, risking false flags of eligible voters and naturalized citizens.
- A federal whistleblower report released Monday alleges Department of Homeland Security agents violated state laws by misrepresenting themselves on voter websites to access private registration records.
- The Trump administration's "Unlawful Voter Initiative" deploys federal agents across 50 states to search voter databases for evidence of noncitizen voting, an effort Democrats say validates long-standing fraud conspiracy theories.
- Agents received only 1-hour, 45-minute training and face quotas of 40 reviews daily, creating pressure to flag records using unreliable data that risks incorrectly identifying naturalized U.S. citizens as unlawful voters.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Alex Padilla demanded the agency immediately halt the operation Monday, warning the program could disenfranchise eligible voters and subject election officials to threats.
- While DHS officials maintain the effort is essential to ensure election integrity, critics argue the initiative interferes with November elections by using questionable tactics that could wrongly target eligible citizens.
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