Voting rights groups sued the Trump administration over naturalized citizen voting investigations
Voting rights groups sued the Trump administration on Oct. 28, seeking to block its initiative to investigate suspected noncitizen voters. The lawsuit says USCIS reassigned hundreds of agents to investigate people flagged as having voted while noncitizens, then used the findings to demand states withhold ballots from potential noncitizens until citizenship is confirmed. It alleges the program intimidates naturalized citizens.
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Voting rights groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, seeking to halt a program they say targets thousands of naturalized U.S. citizens in election-related investigations. The lawsuit alleges USCIS shifted hundreds of agents to investigate individuals flagged for voting before they became citizens. According to the lawsuit, agents use personal information to search state voter records and compile voting histories. It says investigation findings were used to demand that states not send ballots to people identified as potential noncitizens, segregate ballots they returned, and withhold counting them until their citizenship is confirmed. The lawsuit says the initiative illegally intimidates naturalized citizens. It also says combating voter fraud is a priority for the administration, including the Department of Homeland Security and USCIS.
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Reuters and Bloomberg Law both report that voting-rights groups sued to challenge the administration’s effort to identify suspected noncitizen voters. Both reports were published on October 28, 2026, consistent with the proposed event’s timing.