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

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition

By Jonathan Shorman

The Missouri Independent

Voters line up outside Shiloh Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, on primary Election Day, May 19, 2026. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)

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-Olg…