Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) led 60 members of Congress in a second letter to the Department of Justice DOJ to demand answers about non-citizen voters in the United States.
Biggs’ office explained in a press release that lawmakers previously sent a letter demanding information from the DOJ on July 12, and had yet to receive a response by their October 2 letter.
They sent the additional correspondence, which was sent within weeks until Election Day. They explained that “DOJ’s failure to provide timely answers to our important questions is not acceptable.”
The Arizona Republican said in a statement, “At least 10 million illegal aliens have been released into our country through our porous borders during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Administration. Americans should not have to be concerned that their voices will be drowned out by the voices of illegal aliens when electing officials for public office.”
Noting that Virginia recently removed more than 6,300 non-voters from its rolls, and that Texas similarly recently identified and removed more than 6,500 non-citizen voters from its rolls, Biggs said there is sufficient evidence to merit questions from Congress.
“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 congressmen demanded to know the number of illegal immigrants prosecuted for voting illegally under different federal laws, and to explain its practices for detecting, investigating, and preventing non-citizen voting and voter registration.
In addition to Hagerty, the letter was signed by five more Tennessee lawmakers, including Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Representatives Andy Ogles (R-TN-05), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01), and Tim Burchett (R-TN-07).
The letter comes as non-citizens, duplicate ballots, and other voter registration issues continue to be discovered ahead of Election Day, including the swing states Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes recently confirmed there are 218,000 registered voters who did not verify their citizenship upon registration, having increased the number from his original estimate of under 100,000.
Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda told The Arizona Sun Times that Republicans may sue over the matter last week.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
