by Wendi Strauch Mahoney, American Thinker:
The State of Florida and the Florida Department of State (FDOS) filed a lawsuit on October 16 against the Department of Homeland Security about non-citizens and the state’s voter rolls. FDOS alleges that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “denied FDOS’s request” for “verification of citizenship status for several identified individuals,” making it impossible to maintain accurate voter rolls.
On September 10, FDOS sent a letter to Tammy Meckley, associate director of Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate of the USCIS, “requesting verification of citizenship status for several identified individuals,” according to the lawsuit. However, the response that came back from USCIS was less than forthcoming. The lawsuit alleges:
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On October 10, 2024, FDOS received a response from Ur Jaddou, Director of USCIS. Ex. 3. In that letter, USCIS denied FDOS’s request for further information about the specific individuals in question and refused to offer any means of identifying immigration status beyond the SAVE program.
The plaintiffs ultimately argue that Florida not only is entitled to citizenship information, but also is required by law to remove non-citizens from its voter registration rolls.
Florida is smack-dab in the middle of Biden’s border crisis, which means the state almost surely has non-citizens on its rolls. “Non-citizens, including permanent legal residents, cannot vote in federal, state, and most local elections,” by law.
The Biden administration has contributed to Florida’s border crisis in numerous ways, not the least of which is unlawfully expanding the definition of asylum law and, according to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), making Florida central in its “direct-flights parole-and-release program, tallying at nearly 326,000 of the initial arrivals from inception through February” 2024.
The 2020 election and Biden’s border policies have made voter roll accuracy a huge focus in the run-up to the 2024 election. After all, accurate voter rolls are foundational to clean and fair elections.
In a column I wrote for True the Vote (TTV) about non-citizen voting, I spoke with founder Catherine Engelbrecht about her 611 Project. Engelbrecht explained that historically, public policy and the lack of federally centralized election administration have made it easier for non-citizens to land on the nation’s voter rolls.
According to Engelbrecht, the way non-citizens might end up on voter rolls include the following:
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