Election Control & Immigration Enforcement

The administration's election-control effort remains active despite a 0-23 court record, including DHS grant leverage, voter-data litigation, USPS voting restrictions, and the SAVE Act. Judge Indira Talwani has temporarily frozen USPS's new mail-ballot rule, with a Sept. 3 hearing scheduled; the compressed election-administration timeline raises the prospect of appeals or Supreme Court intervention. Immigration policy is escalating through DHS/USCIS's proposed $103,265 H-1B petition fee, with comments due Sept. 24, while states pursue remedies for alleged ICE misconduct.