Trump DOJ's fight over 20K suspected noncitizen voters takes sharp turn as California ballots pour in

A federal judge in California has refused to let the Justice Department hold back mail-in ballots tied to more than 20,000 registered voters whom the Trump administration suspects of being noncitizens. U. S. District Judge David O. Carter, a Clinton appointee, found that stepping in so late would upset an election that had already begun. He said the move ran afoul of constitutional and federal-law limits, and he doubted the government's evidence that those voters were not citizens, according to Fox News.

The department labeled the voters "likely aliens" after Homeland Security Investigations and partner agencies applied several data-matching and verification techniques to California's rolls. State officials countered that the list was unreliable, pointing to an early check that turned up U. S. -born people and voters who had never cast a ballot.

First Assistant U. S. Attorney Bill Essayli told Fox News Digital that the ruling leaves citizens disenfranchised through dilution. He said the Solicitor General approved an immediate appeal, a Notice of Appeal has been filed, and prosecutors will ask the Ninth Circuit for emergency relief.

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