The Trump Justice Department is stepping up enforcement against non-citizen voting, reporting roughly two dozen arrests, prosecutions or convictions in recent months, with nearly 90 additional cases reportedly under investigation. Federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, and Justice Department officials say election administrators could also face prosecution if they knowingly help ineligible voters register or cast ballots.
The department has sent notices to officials in all 50 states, warning that knowingly retaining non-citizens on voter rolls or assisting them in voting could constitute aiding and abetting a federal crime. States were reportedly given five days to explain how they are complying with voter-eligibility laws. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the warning is not an empty threat. She argued that officials who knowingly ignore evidence of non-citizens on voter rolls could be held criminally responsible.
This crackdown is a basic matter of election integrity. American elections should be decided by American citizens and American citizens only. Democrats have facilitated lax registration systems and weak enforcement in order to create their election fraud machine. In their quest to cheat and steal elections, they have systemically undermined public confidence.
Some cities permit non-citizens to participate in certain local elections, but citizenship remains a requirement for voting in federal contests. But this enables the fraud to more easily take place. The enforcement push comes as President Trump urges the Senate to approve the SAVE America Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship and voter identification in federal elections.
The issue is straightforward: voting is a sacred right of citizenship, and government officials have a duty to protect it through accurate voter rolls, firm safeguards and equal enforcement of the law.
