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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Department of Homeland Security component that maintains immigration and citizenship records and appears in the federal election-data workflow through a documented set of 26,235 USCIS-derived records.

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Archive profile summary

Department of Homeland Security component that maintains immigration and citizenship records and appears in the federal election-data workflow through a documented set of 26,235 USCIS-derived records.

Why this entry is in the archive

A separate federal data source in the voter-data workflow, distinct from state voter rolls and Honey's independent-source records.

Data role

Released HSI records describe USCIS-derived records being used in downstream election-related vetting and analysis.

Why provenance matters

This stream is structurally different from voter-registration records because its source is an immigration/citizenship agency rather than a state voter file.

Evidence limits

Dataset presence does not establish the legality, accuracy or validity of any individual match or enforcement lead.

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Related reading

Source records

  1. USCIS overview
  2. Democracy Forward — HSI records release