A coalition led by the NAACP sued the Trump administration on Friday, arguing that its threats to send federal law enforcement to monitor voting and increase scrutiny of voter rolls amount to illegal voter intimidation under the Voting Rights Act. The complaint says the rhetoric is already discouraging Black, Latino, Asian, and naturalized voters from casting ballots or helping others vote, the Guardian reports. The suit cites Trump's primetime warnings about noncitizen voting, the administration's aggressive immigration raids, and the president's push for a national voter eligibility database as part of a wider pattern.
The filing seeks a court order to keep the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and other agencies from deploying their agents in a way that "unlawfully intimidates voters or anyone urging or aiding voters," per the Washington Post. Federal law mostly bars troops from election sites and prohibits intimidation of voters. A Justice Department spokesperson said Friday that suggesting the agency has said it's sending agents to polls is "fearmongering." A DHS spokesperson said ICE isn't planning operations at polling places, adding that "those who are here legally and not breaking other laws have nothing to fear." The civil rights groups' suit also names officials including DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, FBI Director Kash Patel, and White House border czar Tom Homan.
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