A California federal judge ordered a pause in Trump administration investigations of suspected noncitizen voter registration across nine states, citing unreliable data, but put her own order on hold to allow an appeal
A federal judge in California has ordered a temporary stop to federal investigations into suspected noncitizen voter registration across nine states. She ruled that officials relied on unreliable data and risked frightening eligible voters. US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is based in Oakland, issued an order blocking the federal investigations until polls close on…