Center · Read · October 22, 2026
Oct 22 · Judge limits DHS noncitizen-voter field operations in nine states
NewsNation: DHS can't question voters about citizenship before election day: Judge
Grade F (40/100). Wide context from DOJ, DHS, election expert David Becker and a former HSI agent; misstates whom the order covers and leaves out that it is on hold until Friday
Lehrer score 40/100 (−24 factual error: barred the Department of Homeland Security from interrogating people whom the agency has identified as potential non-citizens (the order covers people DHS knows or should suspect are U.S. citizens); −18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: A NewsNation source recently said that federal officers assigned to the border and airport have begun questioning non-citizens; −18 omission: omits that the judge stayed the order until 5 p.m. Friday so the government can appeal (NPR and Fox report it)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → F.
barred the Department of Homeland Security from interrogating people whom the agency has identified as potential non-citizens (the order covers people DHS knows or should suspect are U.S. citizens); A NewsNation source recently said that federal officers assigned to the border and airport have begun questioning non-citizens; omits that the judge stayed the order until 5 p.m. Friday so the government can appeal (NPR and Fox report it)
Splits: Wide context from DOJ, DHS, election expert David Becker and a former HSI agent; misstates whom the order covers and leaves out that it is on hold until Friday
- Broken. Rule: factual error (barred the Department of Homeland Security from interrogating people whom the agency has identified as potential non-citizens (the order covers people DHS knows or should suspect are U.S. citizens))
- Broken. Rule: unnamed source/unsourced figure (A NewsNation source recently said that federal officers assigned to the border and airport have begun questioning non-citizens)
- Broken. Rule: omission (omits that the judge stayed the order until 5 p.m. Friday so the government can appeal (NPR and Fox report it))