ICE considered using deportation tool to investigate voter fraud, emails show

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Emails obtained by Democracy Forward reveal that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement considered investigating voter fraud. The agency explored using a tool called ELITE, which it normally uses to identify people for deportation. This tool is supported by the data analytics company Palantir. The plan involved feeding state voter roll data into the system.

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