DHS Under Fire Over Voter Data Access | Durham News

Virginia’s Attorney General Jay Jones is sounding the alarm over potential illegal data access by DHS employees, demanding answers after a whistleblower claims ICE staff misused Virginia’s voter lookup tools to hunt for “unlawful voters” — a move that violates state law requiring court orders for such access. Jones has asked DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to halt all unauthorized use and preserve records, as the state’s voter system is designed solely for self-checks under penalty of perjury. Amid rising political rhetoric about noncitizen voting — though research shows it’s exceedingly rare — this controversy highlights tensions between federal agencies and state election integrity laws.

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