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The New York Times got its hands on some internal DHS documents through a public records request. They show the department snooping on more than 150 groups that they thought were helping noncitizens register to vote. Officials even considered sending in undercover agents to “disrupt activities.” If there was a case here, that would be one thing. But there’s not. In New Jersey, DHS looked at 44 groups and found nothing. The investigations are still open, but after more than a year, nothing of substance has come out. The woman in charge is Heather Honey. Before 2020 she was a private investigator working counterfeit goods cases. After the election, she came up with the false claim that Pennsylvania had more votes than voters. Trump repeated it on January 6th, right before a MAGA mob stormed the Capitol. Now she leads election integrity at DHS. Under her direction, DHS is talking big. Their statement on the investigation was blunt: “We will find you, arrest you, and you will face the consequences.” But at the end of the day, noncitizen voting is incredibly rare. Don’t take it from me: Utah, a Republican state, went through over 2 million voter records and found only 52 probable noncitizens on the rolls. DHS doesn’t want to believe that, of course. In July, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed 250,000 potential noncitizens were voting in four states. Nevada checked the names the feds sent them. Every single one was a citizen. We should enforce the law, and we shouldn’t let noncitizens vote. But if DHS was serious about election security, the woman in charge wouldn’t be someone who spread election lies. What they really want is to sow doubt about this election. Given the polls, that’s no surprise.