January 26, 2026policy changeVoting RightsImmigration PolicyPrivacy Lawvoting rightsimmigration enforcementprivacy
Bondi demands Minnesota voter rolls hours after Border Patrol kills Minneapolis man
Hours after Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota demanding access to unredacted voter registration records, Medicaid data, and SNAP enrollment data, framing the request as necessary to restore "law and order." Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon rejected the demand, calling it "bizarre and disturbing" and arguing it violated state and federal privacy law. The DOJ had already sued Minnesota and 23 other states for similar voter data; federal courts had previously rejected those suits as "unprecedented and illegal."