The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is requesting voter data from all 50 states as part of an investigation into potential election fraud. This request, issued through the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) branch of ICE, involves obtaining "publicly available voter registration files" and, where applicable, "public voter history files" from each state. These files may include information such as names, addresses, and whether individuals have voted in federal elections. However, the specific data collected can vary by state, with some including political party affiliation, which may indirectly suggest how voters cast their ballots. In states where commercial access to such data is restricted, ICE plans to submit authorization letters to allow a contracted firm to act as an intermediary for collecting the information. This effort is part of a larger initiative by the Trump administration to focus on identifying and deporting undocumented immigrants, as well as implementing policies that restrict mail-in voting and require voter identification. The administration has also pushed for the passage of the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show identification and provide proof of citizenship to register. Critics argue that such measures could disproportionately affect certain groups of voters and may not be fully supported by existing laws. A federal lawsuit has been filed by immigrant rights organizations, accusing the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice of interfering with the electoral process. The lawsuit claims that the administration is using potentially unreliable federal databases to support allegations of election fraud, which could harm the voting rights of citizens and infringe on the authority of individual states to manage their own elections. The lawsuit also references a July presidential address in which the president claimed that hundreds of thousands of noncitizens were illegally registered to vote — a claim that has not been verified in some states. The complaint further argues that using government databases to identify noncitizen voters has led to incorrect data and that these activities have not been authorized by Congress. The law prohibits the invasion of voter privacy through the matching of government data, and the lawsuit contends that the administration’s actions violate these legal protections.