The Biden-Harris administration’s Attorney General Merrick Garland has come under fire from dozens of lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate.
Congressional lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) after thousands of non-citizens were found registered to vote on America’s voter rolls.
Members of Congress are calling on AG Garland to explain what will be done to stop non-citizen voting in federal elections.
Lawmakers are raising the alarm about the issue which is being referred to as a “serious threat” to election integrity.
Officials in multiple states have now identified non-citizens on their voter rolls.
A letter signed by 73 lawmakers, led by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was sent to Garland.
The letter says they are “deeply concerned” by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections.
However, they note that lawmakers had not received a response from an inquiry in July on the matter.
“As of today, there has been no response from you or your Department regarding the inquiry on July 12, 2024, seeking information on efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce laws prohibiting non-citizen voting,” they wrote.
“Given that the 2024 Presidential Election is in less than 34 days, your Department’s inaction and refusal to provide any information regarding its efforts to promote public trust and confidence in our elections is especially alarming.”
Specifically, they asked how many aliens have been prosecuted under laws related to non-citizen voting and how the DOJ handles allegations of non-citizen voting or registration.
Garland is also being called on to explain the steps it takes to prevent such practices.
Non-citizens are not allowed to vote in America’s elections.
Top Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have repeatedly expressed concern that non-citizens may attempt to vote in federal elections.
The issue has become increasingly concerning given the influx of illegal aliens across the Biden-Harris administration’s open southern border in recent years.
In August, Republican lawmakers pushed for the SAVE Act.
The legislation aimed to require states to obtain proof of citizenship in person when registering an individual to vote.
It would also require states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls.
Republicans have attempted to attach the SAVE Act to a spending bill extension to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the fiscal year.
The lawmakers in the letter cited an announcement by the Virginia attorney general that it had identified 6,303 non-citizens on its voter rolls in 2022 and 2023.
Texas, meanwhile, had removed 6,500 non-citizens from its voter rolls.
Of those, 1,930 had a history of illegally voting.
The DOJ itself announced last month that it had charged an illegal alien with stealing a U.S. citizen’s identity to vote in multiple elections and fraudulently obtain a U.S. passport.
“Clearly, there is a non-negligible amount of voter participation by non-citizens in federal elections, which is not only a serious threat to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process they represent, but also has the potential to reduce Americans’ trust and confidence in election results,” they wrote.
Lawmakers quizzed the DOJ on information related to the issue in a July 12 request but had not received a response.
It also asks what steps the department is taking to prosecute non-citizens registered to vote in the 2024 election.
This week, the DOJ sued Alabama, alleging the state removed voters who had been issued non-citizen identification numbers from its election rolls too close to Election Day.
The agency argued that officials violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires states to complete any changes to the voter registration lists no later than 90 days before federal elections.
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