Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: DoJ’s suspected non-citizens list includes ‘high percentage’ of those born in US, LA officials say

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>The statement revealed in court papers raises questions about the reliability of the list of 20,000 people in California</p><p>The justice department’s list of suspected non-citizens in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">California</a> includes a “high percentage” of people born in the United States, Los Angeles election officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>The statement, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28825536-usvscal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">made in court papers</a>, raises further questions about the reliability of a list of 20,000 people the justice department provided to election officials in Los Angeles last week. The department sent the county and California secretary of state the list last week and gave them a 48-hour deadline to segregate ballots cast from anyone on the list unless they could verify their citizenship. California election officials refused and the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/justice-department-sues-california-midterms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">sued them</a> on Thursday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/doj-non-citizens-la" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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