Texas Sues Federal Government for Not Handing Over Voter Citizenship Information

Texas authorities are seeking the immigration and citizenship status of hundreds of thousands of people who do not have a Texas driver’s license or ID card.
Texas Sues Federal Government for Not Handing Over Voter Citizenship Information
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a meeting in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 23, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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Texas authorities on Oct. 22 sued the federal government for not turning over requested citizenship records for about 450,000 people, whom they claim might be registered to vote despite being noncitizens.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson have been seeking records from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The USCIS has declined to provide information beyond access to a database called SAVE, which requires a unique number, known as an immigration identifier, for each person.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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