HSI Emails Discussed Voter Data for Palantir’s ELITE; Palantir Says It Was Never Integrated

Email excerpts published October 8, 2026, describe Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) processing Department of Justice (DOJ) voting rolls and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data, while discussing possible ingestion of processed voter-roll data into Palantir’s ELITE system. Palantir said voter-roll data had never been integrated into ELITE.

What HSI emails said about voter data and ELITE

An HSI email dated May 26 said the agency’s Innovation Lab, known as iLab, was processing DOJ voting rolls and USCIS data. It said criminal histories were excluded from that processing at the time, with efforts underway to address this.

The email also described coordination over ingesting processed voter-roll data into ELITE for lead management, analytical review and investigative tracking. That is the purpose the email described for the proposed data flow.

What the May 26 and July 7 emails said

A second email, dated July 7, named Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan and New Mexico as states that had been enriched by iLab and were pending Palantir entry into ELITE. The message’s wording describes a pending step, not a completed one.

Together, the emails describe iLab processing voter rolls and immigration-agency data, followed by discussions about bringing processed voter-roll data into an enforcement system. Palantir’s statement addresses integration into ELITE: the company said that voter-roll data had never been integrated.

What ELITE is

ELITE stands for Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement. It is an ICE immigration-enforcement tool that can map potential deportation targets, display target files and show a confidence score for a person’s current address.

The emails discuss voter-roll data as a possible input to ELITE’s lead management and investigative tracking. Palantir’s statement about the system’s integration status remains the company’s position.

ICE’s role under federal election law

Election administration is principally the responsibility of state and local officials. Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 611 addresses voting by noncitizens in federal elections, subject to the statute’s terms; it concerns a federal voting offense, not the administration of state elections.