By Blake Wolf, OAN Staff
Friday, August 16, 2024 5:26 PM
A coalition of 24 Attorneys General (AG) have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an Arizona law that requires U.S. citizenship to vote.
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The motion asks the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to grant an emergency stay of a federal district court’s injunction against the law.
“The Constitution gives states the power to set voting qualifications, and Arizona has led the way in ensuring only citizens can vote in elections,” the Arizona Republican Party said in a post on X. “This lawsuit has the potential to permanently block non-citizens from voting, as it should have been from the start.”
The brief also comes in response to a federal district court ruling on an Arizona law that requires people to show proof of citizenship to gain the right to vote.
The federal ruling asserted that the federal National Voter Registration Act preempts an Arizona law that doesn’t require proof of citizenship to vote.
“The Biden-Harris Administration is intentionally allowing illegal immigrants into our country. Without proper safeguards, foreign nationals can and will illegally influence our elections at the local, state and national levels,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “States have a constitutional right and responsibility to ensure that only lawful votes of American citizens are counted. We hope the Supreme Court will recognize the urgency of this situation and work to protect our national elections. Texas lawmakers must also make every effort to ensure election security and prevent foreign nationals from voting. With millions of illegal immigrants entering our state under the Biden-Harris Administration, we urge lawmakers to prioritize the integrity of Texas’ elections in the next Congress.”
The opinion is supported by the Attorneys General of Texas, Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia, as well as the original opinion filers, Kansas and West Virginia.
“The number of foreign nationals in the United States is undoubtedly growing, and there is every reason to believe the problem of foreign voting is worsening. One study estimated that there were more than 11 million illegal foreign nationals in the country in 2019,” the Republican National Committee said. “Each of these foreign nationals represents a potential source of voter fraud, because each has the potential, no matter how small, to vote illegally. When we add to this other possible sources of foreign voting, such as foreign nationals who are in the United States legally but cannot vote, or foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas, the magnitude of the problem becomes clear.”
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