All In with Chris Hayes Trump directs DHS to investigate new citizens for ‘voter fraud’
Feb 19, 2026
Congresswoman Yasmin Ansari, a House Oversight member who led questioning in the Wexner deposition; Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland lawmaker focused on oversight and voter protections; and Carol Ennig, an investigative reporter who broke the DHS probe story. They discuss DHS investigations into naturalized voters, planning to deploy agents near polls, partisan fights over oversight, and the Wexner deposition’s evasive testimony.
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Investigations Can Chill Entire Communities
- HSI investigators send letters and interviews that can frighten naturalized citizens and their communities.
- The initial 1,700-case list reportedly expanded toward hundreds of thousands, raising alarm given near-zero proven noncitizen fraud.
Plans To Deploy Armed Agents To Polls
- DHS and DOJ have held meetings about sending armed law enforcement to polling places to 'secure elections'.
- Officials warn such deployments risk illegal intimidation and violate protections against armed presence near polls.
White House Oversight Of Prosecution Decisions
- Stephen Miller is presented as the architect directing DHS and DOJ to pursue these voter investigations.
- Sources say DHS must report back to the White House when prosecutors decline charges, an unprecedented oversight of law enforcement decisions.