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White House pushes for speedy review of voter rolls in hunt for noncitizen voters
DHS has assigned hundreds of officers and used commercial data to flag possible noncitizens, while officials say the effort has produced false positives.
- The White House has directed federal agencies to accelerate their review of at least 47 state voter rolls obtained by the Department of Homeland Security, part of an effort to identify potential noncitizens among registered voters as midterm elections near.
- Under the 'Unlawful Voter Initiative,' DHS surged officers to cross-reference redacted state voter lists with federal databases including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Social Security Administration using data bought from private brokers.
- Internal emails reveal vetting targets are rarely met, with leads sent to agents often including false positives involving US citizens, while DHS acknowledged only 'some degree of confidence' that flagged individuals were noncitizens.
- On Saturday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News the agency has 1,620 cases under investigation, though former DHS deputy general counsel Kerry Doyle warned being flagged 'has very real life consequences' for air travel and naturalization.
- Multiple studies suggest noncitizen voting is statistically insignificant, yet critics warn the strategy aims to undermine election confidence and could disenfranchise legitimate voters as midterms approach.
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White House pushes for speedy review of voter rolls in hunt for noncitizen voters
The White House has pushed federal agencies to accelerate their review of at least 47 state voter rolls obtained by the Department of Homeland Security, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, part of an unprecedented effort to find noncitizens among registered voters as midterm elections near.
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