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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Padilla, Schumer Reveal Whistleblower Report on DHS Unlawful Voter Initiative - edhat

  • Senate leaders call for the immediate shutdown of a federal election initiative that allegedly instructed USCIS officers to violate state privacy statutes using flawed data.

Whistleblower reveals DHS officers were directed to illegally access sensitive voter data and create law enforcement records based on faulty data; Senators demand DHS immediately halt illegal initiative

Known U.S. citizens are being swept up into the initiative, based on faulty and rushed data that DHS compiled using “supplemental magic”

Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, with jurisdiction over federal elections, and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the receipt of a new whistleblower disclosure that alleges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is directing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immigration officers to violate state laws as a part of its “Unlawful Voter Initiative,” an effort aimed at substantiating President Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.

In response to the compelling evidence of this and other wrongdoing in the disclosure, Padilla and Schumer demanded DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow immediately halt the “Unlawful Voter Initiative” and provide an urgent report to Congress on its activities.

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