As the Trump administration pushes to create state citizenship lists ahead of the midterm elections, significant legal challenges are emerging. Immigrant rights groups are stepping up efforts to block the use of federal databases that they argue may purge legal voters. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accusing the agency of wrongly targeting naturalized citizens and handling voter data in a way that threatens voting rights. Notably, the UCLA Voting Rights Project, led by gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, is at the forefront of these legal actions, highlighting concerns about privacy and potential voter suppression tactics being deployed ahead of the elections, particularly in California.