Federal agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are knocking on doors in some states, asking residents about immigration status and whether they are registered to vote. News outlets describe the activity as focused on identifying possible noncitizen voters ahead of the midterms, with some visits taking place in late-season campaign weeks.

CBS News reports that it investigated armed DHS visits searching for possible noncitizen voters in some states, while other outlets echo that DHS is “rooting out and investigating election fraud.” The reporting frames the effort as a surge or field-review operation tied to election integrity and voter eligibility, with DHS positioning the work as election-related rather than routine immigration enforcement. One outlet adds broader context by linking the door-to-door activity to DHS/ICE directives and citing disputes over the scope and accuracy of claims about noncitizen voter fraud.

Across coverage, the main differences lie in how extensively outlets discuss claimed enforcement scale, the legal or administrative basis for the effort, and whether they highlight alleged arrests and internal disputes. The accounts largely agree on the core fact of armed DHS agents visiting homes to verify voter and immigration-related information.