Election officials in all 50 states urged to seek info from Biden admin to prevent noncitizens from voting [Video]

The top election officials of all 50 states were sent letters Monday encouraging them to seek from the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security the information required to properly crosscheck state voter rolls and ensure noncitizens are not registered to vote in federal elections before November. 

America First Legal (AFL), a conservative nonprofit, said it sent a letter to the top election official of every state and a copy to every governor and state attorney general, advising them of “two critical tools” that exist under existing federal law “that Congress has provided to verify the citizenship status of individuals registered to vote in your State.” The letters cite federal statues 8 U.S.C. § 1373 and 8 U.S.C. § 1644, specifically. 

“These tools, codified in federal law for decades, allow you to submit requests for information to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about an individual’s citizenship or immigration status for any lawful purpose. This includes an inquiry …