Tuberville Doubles Down on Efforts to Prevent Illegal Aliens from Voting in American Elections

Letter demands answers from DOJ by July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), U.S. Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05), and other legislators in demanding answers from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts to prevent foreign nationals from illegally registering to vote in American elections. In their letter, the members demand answers from the DOJ by July 19, 2024.

The letter comes on the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives passing its companion to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which Senator Tuberville helped introduce in the Senate. The SAVE Act would prevent foreign nationals from voting in American elections, which is already a federal crime, by requiring proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections.

"As you are likely aware, the United States has experienced a record number of border encounters since President Biden took office-nearly 10 million-many of whom have been released into, or evaded apprehension while entering, the U.S.," the members wrote. "We're writing to inquire regarding the efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce the law that prohibits non-citizens from voting in our elections."

"Plainly, there are opportunities for and instances of non-citizen voter registration, and so the critical question is whether the laws against doing so are being enforced by your Department," they continued. "There appear to have been few prosecutions by your Department under these laws, and there is no indication that you have been pursuing cases in places like Georgia and Ohio where aliens have been caught registering or voting."

Complete text of the letter can be found here.

Other co-signers of the letter include U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and JD Vance (R-OH), along with U.S. Representatives Aaron Bean (R-FL-04), Dan Bishop (R-NC-08), Lauren Boebert (R-CO-03), Josh Brecheen (R-OK-02), Tim Burchett (R-TN-02), Eric Burlison (R-MO-07), Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), Ben Cline (R-VA-06), Eli Crane (R-AZ-02), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-02), Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), Jeff Duncan (R-SC-03), Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11), Randy Feenstra (R-IA-04), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03), Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01), Bob Good (R-VA-05), Lance Gooden (R-TX-05), Michael Guest (R-MS-03), Andy Harris (R-MD-01), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01), Clay Higgins (R-LA-03), David Kustoff (R-TN-08), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-02), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11), Rich McCormick (R-GA-06), Dan Meuser (R-PA-09), Mary Miller (R-IL-15), Cory Mills (R-FL-07), Barry Moore (R-AL-02), Troy Nehls (R-TX-22), Ralph Norman (R-SC-05), Andy Ogles (R-TN-05), Gary Palmer (R-AL-06), August Pfluger (R-TX-11), Bill Posey (R-FL-08), John Rose (R-TN-06), Matt Rosendale (R-MT-02), Chip Roy (R-TX-21), Keith Self (R-TX-03), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22).

Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, and HELP Committees.

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