With just days until a too-close-to-call presidential election, members of the House and Senate are expressing concern over the Biden-Harris administration’s refusal to turn over information on the number of non-citizens discovered to be illegally registered to vote.
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, and Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) report they have “led their colleagues in calling out U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) failure to prevent illegal aliens from registering to vote in American elections or prosecute those who evidently have done so.”
“We are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections,” the letter from senators and House members reads.
“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. 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,” they write.
“State officials across the country have recently taken steps to prevent, deter, and investigate cases of illegal voter registration by non-citizens, including in South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee. Since the Members of Congress sent their initial letter, cases have emerged in the states of Virginia and Texas,” a statement from Hagerty reports.
“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,” the Members of Congress continued.
The members of Congress, once again, asked the Biden-Harris administration for the following information:
1. Please provide the number of aliens who have been charged, tried, or convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 611 since January 20, 2021, including the status of each case.
2. Please provide the number of aliens who been charged, tried, or convicted under 52 U.S.C. § 20511 since January 20, 2021, including the status of each case.
3. Please provide the number of aliens who have been prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 911 since 2021, including the status of each case.
4. Please provide the number of referrals received from other government officials or the public in reference to the statutes cited in questions 1 through 3.
5. How does the Department of Justice investigate allegations received of non-citizen voting or voter registration?
6. What affirmative steps have the Department of Justice taken to detect, prevent, and deter illegal aliens and other non-citizens from registering and voting in federal elections?
7. What affirmative steps have the Department taken to obtain relevant information from the Department of Homeland Security on aliens who have registered or voted in elections?
8. What steps have been taken by U.S. Attorneys and the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, which is responsible forprosecuting election crimes and assisting U.S. Attorneys in prosecuting election crimes, to obtain jury-related information that indicates aliens have unlawfully registered to vote?
9. As the 2024 election nears, what steps will the Department take to detect, investigate, and prosecute non-citizens who violate 18 U.S.C.§ 911, 52 U.S.C. § 20511, or 18 U.S.C. § 611 by voting or registering to vote in the 2024 election?
10. What steps have the Department taken to contact Virginia and Texas election officials to obtain information and the voter registration and voter history files on each of the aliens removed from the voter rolls who were unlawfully registered and voting in those states?
Co-signers of the letter include Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rick Scott (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Risch (R-ID), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Steve Daines (R-MT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Thune (R-SD), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), John Barrasso (R-WY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Katie Britt (R-AL), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), John Hoeven (R-ND), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with Representatives Andy Harris (R-MD-01), Clay Higgins (R-LA-03), Gary Palmer (R-AL-06), Matt Rosendale (R-MT-02), Ralph Norman (R-SC-05), Eli Crane (R-AZ-02), Andy Ogles (R-TN-05), Aaron Bean (R-FL-04), Josh Brecheen (R-OK-02), Nancy Mace (R-SC-01), Bob Good (R-VA-05), Eric Burlison (R-MO-07), Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03), Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07), Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03), Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24), Michael Guest (R-MS-03), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01), Ben Cline (R-VA-06), Chip Roy (R-TX-21), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11), Mary Miller (R-IL-15), Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09), Lance Gooden (R-TX-05), Jeff Duncan (R-SC-03), Harriet Hageman (R-WY-01), Barry Moore (R-AL-02), Mike Collins (R-GA-10), Tim Burchett (R-TN-02), Greg Lopez (R-CO-04), Keith Self (R-TX-03), Brian Babin (R-TX-36), August Pfluger (R-TX-11), Alex Mooney (R-WV-02), Dusty Johnson (R-SD-01), Randy Weber (R-TX-14), Rich McCormick (R-GA-06), and Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01).
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This article wants you to think illegal foreigner voting is some kind of mistake! Folks…this invasion is no accident! It’s no goof! It’s a calculated strategy of the Communists and Globalists.
Unfettered immigration is not unique to the US. It’s a global strategy! It’s being imposed in all western nations! It’s bigger than just a Democrat scheme. American Leftists are merely following orders from above…the actual enemy of Freedom.
Great Britain is overrun by Muslims, Australia is being overwhelmed too!
The Pelosiis and Schumers of the world are just pawns in a much larger scheme!
Naturally they don’t want to turn over that information because it would show that our elections are not as secure as they should be. We send observers to other countries to insure their elections are fair and we can’t be sure ours are fair.
The House should send the congressional police with an arrest warrant for Garland and finally show they have the power to do something to enforce our system of justice
Yes, arrest all those traitors who have been undermining our country for years!!
That’s OK. 10 weeks until inauguration, so the Trump admin will FIX this too.
Knew dems would act like spoiled kids. Shows what this administration is all about
Number 1: QUIT saying ‘pretty please’ and start threatening them with LAWFARE just like they inflicted on America AND Trump.
Obviously they don’t want anyone looking at how many ILLEGAL votes were cast. Time to clean up ALL voter registration lists.
Democrat run states have been registering non-citizens to vote for decades. They use the cover of the 1993 Motor Voter Law to do it. Sure, there is federal law prohibiting non-citizens from voting, but DMVs are run by the states. I lived in CO for 30 years and just moved to MO a few months ago.
Gov (now Senator) Hickenlooper started the open process of giving illegals driver licenses, so the DMV can register them to vote. Gov Polis continued it and expanded voter registration to all state offices. Hick and Polis claim videos of DMV managers instructing DMV employees are fake. The videos show the managers telling employees,”You will not ask about citizenship! This is the State of Colorado. We are not the Federal Government! We do not cooperate with CBP, INS, DHS, or ICE. You will accept all proof of identity, including hand written notes.”
Beyond that, the MSM refused to report Obama’s voting video. In Oct 2016, Obama addressed a DACA gathering, (I saw it on youtube at the time – but it’s been deleted.) The host, Gina Rodriguez, said that all who live here should be called citizens because they ‘contribute’ to society,
Knowing he was addressing non-citizens, and always one to choose his words carefully, Obama said, “Not true. You are a citizen when you vote.”
He did not instruct them to become citizens.
Instead, he explained in detail that state voter rolls are not linked to INS, ICE, CBP, or DHS data bases, “So you can vote without fear of exposing any undocumented household members.” (or, obviously – themselves ).