Homeland Security Reopens Voter-Roll Cases to Deport Noncitizens, as Trump Pushes Proof-of-Citizenship Rules
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 10
Homeland Security Reopens Voter-Roll Cases to Deport Noncitizens, as Trump Pushes Proof-of-Citizenship Rules
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 10
Summary
Homeland Security is reopening closed voter-fraud cases, probing registration drives in major cities and detaining immigrants suspected of appearing on voter rolls, broadening deportation efforts even when no ballot was cast.
Green card holders seeking citizenship have been placed in deportation proceedings for registering to vote, including people who say they signed up by mistake and never intended to vote.
Federal law bars noncitizens from registering or voting and allows jail time and deportation, but immigration experts say past administrations generally did not aggressively pursue removal in such relatively small cases.
State audits and studies have repeatedly found noncitizen voting is extremely rare and have found no known case in which such votes changed an election.
The crackdown supports Trump's long-running false claims of widespread election fraud and bolsters his push for federal proof-of-citizenship registration rules and tighter limits on voting by mail.