Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson asked the Biden administration earlier this week “to provide citizenship data” ahead of the November election, “to help Texas maintain secure voter rolls.”

Nelson sent a letter to the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday, requesting information on citizenship and immigration status to ensure that noncitizens are not voting in Texas elections.

Under federal law, USCIS is required to provide information “regarding the citizenship and immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.” The Immigration and Naturalization Service is also required to verify or “ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.”

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