Federal agents question residents about voting in several states

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations have visited residents’ homes in several states to ask about immigration status and whether they registered or voted, as the Trump administration pursues alleged noncitizen voting ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. The visits reportedly increased in September and continued through the weekend before Oct. 21. Internal documents described an initiative called Criminal Voter Fraud, with field reviews in at least six states: California, Georgia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. Hundreds of agents were reassigned to the effort, according to reporting on the documents. The number of people visited and any confirmed findings from the inquiries have not been publicly established in the reports. The Department of Homeland Security has said as many as 250,000 noncitizens could be illegally registered to vote. Election experts and states have questioned the estimate and the accuracy of federal data used to identify potential cases. The figure is an agency estimate, not a count of registrations verified through the home visits. DHS has said its Homeland Security Investigations unit is investigating election fraud and...