Attorney General Raúl Labrador has aligned with attorneys general from 26 states, filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to permit Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll.
“It is gravely concerning that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice and liberal activists are fighting so hard to keep non-citizens on the voting rolls, especially this close to an election,” stated Attorney General Labrador. “We cannot permit the ongoing erosion of trust in our most critical freedom, the right to vote, and I’m asking SCOTUS to intervene immediately.”
The brief claims that a preliminary injunction stopping Virginia from removing self-identified non-citizens undermines state authority over voter qualifications. It argues that Virginia’s law safeguards election integrity by ensuring only U.S. citizens remain on voter rolls.
“The upcoming election is hotly contested and has caused division around the country. Perhaps the division would be lower if the federal government were not interfering with the election via last-minute attacks on state efforts to police voter qualifications,” reads part of the amicus brief.
A recent decision by the Eastern District of Virginia Court temporarily halted Virginia's efforts to remove non-citizens, potentially leading Congress to force a state to allow non-citizen voting against its will.
The brief suggests this decision turns Virginia’s statute into a federal mandate requiring states to let non-citizens vote in violation of both state and federal laws when such individuals are discovered on rolls within 90 days of an election.
“Non-citizens are not eligible voters. They were not eligible voters before Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act, they were not eligible when Congress passed the NVRA, and they are not eligible today,” asserts another section of the amicus brief.
Joining Idaho and Kansas in this action are attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.