The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is in discussions with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) about sharing sensitive voter registration data collected from states for potential use in criminal and immigration-related probes, according to government documents reviewed by Reuters.
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division has requested voter registration records from at least 24 states over the past several months, seeking full voter rolls from at least 22 of them. Homeland Security Investigations, part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), plans to cross-check the voter data with its law enforcement databases to identify potential irregularities, including cases tied to immigration enforcement.
