Protect Democracy's Beau Tremitiere says DHS built its voter lists on bad data and recklessly sent agents to people's homes
Protect DemocracyBeau Tremitiere, counsel at Protect Democracy, which represents the nurses unions and Voto Latino Foundation, in a Protect Democracy statement
Beau Tremitiere, counsel at Protect Democracy, says it was clear from the start that DHS built its lists on bad data, never checked how often they were wrong, and recklessly sent agents to people's homes weeks before an election.
“It was clear from the start that DHS built its lists on bad data, never checked how often it was wrong, and recklessly sent agents to people’s homes weeks before an election”
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Judge halts DHS voter-eligibility field interviews of likely citizens in nine states; DHS says it pursues noncitizens who vote
On October 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security from election-related field operations and interviews in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin that involve people agents know or should suspect are U.S. citizens. The order runs until polls close on November 3. National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association, which sued with San Francisco, Santa Clara County and Voto Latino Foundation, say the investigations intimidate voters. DHS says it is focused on removing noncitizens who vote and has no plans to question or investigate people it believes are citizens.
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Protect Democracy statement of October 22, 2026, on the preliminary injunction. It summarizes the order, quotes counsel Beau Tremitiere, and says Protect Democracy and the National Immigration Law Center represent the nurses unions and Voto Latino Foundation.
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Guardian report on the injunction. It quotes the order, a DHS email statement and a statement from Beau Tremitiere, a lawyer for the unions and Voto Latino Foundation.
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Protect Democracy published this statement on October 22, after the October 21 injunction. Just before this passage, Tremitiere says the courts affirmed that voting is a fundamental right that citizens, whether born in the United States or naturalized, should be able to exercise without armed government agents harassing them.
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He adds that the ruling should remind people that American citizens hold the ultimate power in a democracy, not the government, "no matter what the administration says otherwise." The Guardian also reported the statement, describing Tremitiere as a lawyer representing the unions and voter group.
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Relative to DHS's election-related field investigations in the nine states, Tremitiere criticizes the data behind the target lists and the decision to send agents to homes before the election.
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