The administration says it is just enforcing laws that prohibit noncitizen voting. It is impossible to tell how many eligible voters will stay away from the polls because they fear a knock at the door.
Armed federal agents have been knocking on people’s doors, questioning them about their citizenship and whether they have registered or voted.
A CBS News investigation found that hundreds of Homeland Security investigators have been reassigned to a voter fraud operation spanning at least six states.
In one photograph released by DHS, four armed agents confront a woman standing on her porch with a child. In California, a 72-year-old man was reportedly taken from his home in his pajamas.
The agents carry “target lists” assembled from government and commercial databases. A whistleblower reported that federal employees are expected to review 40 potential cases daily, about 12 minutes each.
On Wednesday (10/21), a federal judge restricted voter investigations targeting suspected American citizens in nine states, citing unreliable data used to identify suspects, and held that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed against the government in their voter-intimidation claims. The injunction was temporarily stayed to allow an appeal.
The court found evidence that eligible citizens had stopped participating in voter-mobilization activities because they feared encounters with federal agents.
The administration says it is just enforcing laws that prohibit noncitizen voting.
It is impossible to tell how many eligible voters will stay away from the polls because they fear a knock at the door.
