Justice Dept seeks sanctions for immigrant group's noncitizen voter analysis
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 23:38 · Archive
The Justice Department urged a federal judge to hold an immigrant rights group in contempt of court for publishing analysis of alleged noncitizen voters.
The Justice Department asked U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg to consider holding the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and its lawyers in contempt after they published analysis of a government dataset. Boasberg had granted CHIRLA access to federal data on 20,000 people the Trump administration alleges are noncitizen voters registered in California, ordering the group to use it only to argue their legal standing to challenge the government's use of the list.
On Saturday, CHIRLA's attorneys filed court papers revealing their analysis. They found that more than 40% of the people on the government's list do not appear in California's voter file. The group also identified 22 people on the list who were likely naturalized U.S. citizens and said thousands more U.S. citizens appeared on it as well.
The Justice Department contended on Sunday that CHIRLA's analysis violated Boasberg's order because it addressed alleged inaccuracies affecting California voters generally, rather than focusing on the group's legal standing. The department said the analysis amounted to 'political grandstanding' and had no relevance to whether CHIRLA had standing to bring the lawsuit.
How it is being reported
- Justice Department urges sanctions for database analysis critical of its noncitizen voting claimsThe Justice Department is urging a federal judge to consider whether to hold an immigrant rights group in contempt of court for disclosing the results of its analysis of a dataset of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in California.News4Jax · 1 Nov, 23:01
- Justice Department urges sanctions for database analysis critical of its noncitizen voting claimsThe Justice Department is urging a federal judge to consider whether to hold an immigrant rights group in contempt of court for disclosing the results of its analysis of a dataset of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in California.Clickorlando · 1 Nov, 23:01
In this story: Justice Department · Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights · James Boasberg · Trump administration · California
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