On October 24, Judge Araceli Martinez Alguyen entered a preliminary injunction barring DHS and DOJ from using a voter eligibility database for election-related field investigations and arrests in nine states before the election. The order found the surge violates Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act and causes irreparable harm. Reporting has since detailed the database's composition, pairing 48.2 million records from questionable independent sources with 50.6 million from state rolls or unreliable commercial versions, enriched through iLab, and a thumb drive of 20,000 flagged voters given to California. DOJ has not ruled out weighing in on state certification.