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Judge blocks Homeland Security from conducting election-related sweeps in 9 states

By jfischler@statesnewsroom.com, States Newsroom · October 22, 2026

A federal judge on Wednesday night blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting election-related field operations that could sweep up U.S. citizens in nine states. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, an appointee of President Joe Biden in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, issued a…

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Judge blocks Homeland Security from conducting election-related sweeps in 9 states

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