Source New Mexico · Oct 16, 2026

Last-minute Trump DOJ suit in California targeting noncitizen voters alarms advocates

After the U.S. Department of Justice sued California over its refusal to remove voters the federal government alleges are noncitizens, voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter data. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan on Oct. 9 ruled against the Justice Department’s year-long […]