An internal Department of Homeland Security email raises new questions about the agency’s efforts to hunt for non-U.S. citizens who may be on state voter rolls or have cast ballots in the past.
In the email — which was sent last year, but is newly acquired by NPR — DHS personnel shared a 78-page document listing counties and states that offer election materials and ballots in non-English languages. The list of jurisdictions was attached alongside a Department of Justice criminal checklist outlining requirements for prosecution of voter-related charges.
The email was released as part of a tranche of materials after
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