Border Detentions for Alleged Voting

Customs agents detained a long‑term green‑card holder at a U.S. airport and threatened deportation after she acknowledged voting once in a local election; the transcript shows CBP had flagged her voting history and pursued removal even though noncitizen voting prosecutions are vanishingly rare. The case appears to be an enforcement escalation linking election‑integrity priorities to immigration control at ports of entry. — If replicated, this practice could chill civic participation among immigrants, expand the scope of immigration enforcement into routine election oversight, and politicize border policing.