Reposted by @artemis2891.bsky.social
The Trump admin claims it found 20,000 possible noncitizens on the voting rolls in California and is seeking a court order forcing the state to segregate every ballot sent to those individuals.
Remember what happened the last time they made wild claims like this? DHS has ZERO credibility here.
![Screenshot of the first page of the Federal Register pre-inspection copy of the interim final rule. Text as follows:
This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 2026-10-14 and available online at [links]
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
8 CFR Part 214
[CIS No. 2870-26; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2026-0529]
RIN 1615-AD26
Removing Deference to Prior USCIS Determinations of Eligibility
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS), proposes to remove 8 CFR 214.1(c)(5), which generally
provides that USCIS gives deference to a prior approval involving the same facts when
adjudicating a request to extend a petition for an alien’s employment or stay. This change
would better align DHS regulations with the statute, which places the burden of proving
eligibility for all immigration benefits on the petitioner, applicant, or beneficiary;
strengthen adjudicatory review; and support agency priorities to improve the integrity of
the immigration system and better protect the interests of U.S. workers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidhhetu4m2p4hfrbmnmafzz4fq5yqcq3ws5twtbd5jjgdabrphtwe)
![Until 2025, the IRS had interpreted section 6103(i)(2) “to
prohibit disclosure of a taxpayer’s address when no other
information is requested.” Centro de Trabajadores Unidos,
167 F.4th at 1226. That spring, however, “news reports
emerged that [the Department of Homeland Security] had
asked IRS to disclose addresses of some undocumented
taxpayers.” Id. It came to light that the Department of
Homeland Security had entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the IRS “to establish the
procedures and requirements for” ICE to submit putatively
“valid I[nternal] R[evenue] C[ode] § 6103(i)(2) requests for
addresses of persons subject to criminal investigation under 8
U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)”—a statute that, among other things,
criminalizes willfully remaining in the United States beyond a
90-day grace period after a final order of removal has been
issued. DHS-ICE MOU 2 (App. 359).
With the MOU in place, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons
sent a written request to the IRS seeking “the last known
address” for 1.28 million undocumented individuals. Lyons
Letter 1-2 (June 27, 2025) (App. 326-27); Romo Decl. ¶ 4, Ctr.
for Taxpayer Rts., 815 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D.D.C. 2025) (No. 25-
0457), Dkt. No. 66-1. Director Lyons’s letter announced that
ICE sought that information from the IRS because it “may
contain address information which is potentially at issue with
respect to investigating . . . a violation under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1253(a)(1).” Lyons Letter 1 (App. 326). On July 1, the IRS
gave its employees the “green light” to begin processing ICE’s
1.28 million requests. “Letter from ICE” Emails 1-2 (App.
440-41).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifqofp5mp23mgvw2aqxsb5xe7hpegtri3bxmelbbhetnwf5rshhfy)
