Overview
- DHS said it had blocked the redirect, yet tests by Mediaite, Newsweek and others still reached the department’s homepage.
- Mark Davis, a candidate in Florida’s 16th District, has publicly claimed he set up the redirect as a political statement.
- WHOIS records show the domain was registered through GoDaddy on Jan. 13, with details tying the purchase to Davis’s campaign email.
- Newsweek reported the domain is locked at the registrar, complicating any immediate takedown or change without cooperation.
- Outlets note that anyone can point a purchased domain to another site and there is no evidence DHS or ICE authorized the redirect, which gained traction after the Minneapolis shooting of Renee Nicole Good.