Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson claimed the Justice Department is using the U.S. Marshals Service and jails to encourage illegal immigrants and imprisoned felons to register to vote.
"It is quite shocking, in the midst of a crisis at our southern border and an unprecedented crime wave, that the Biden administration has chosen to expend tax dollars and vital law enforcement resources on a program that risks bloating state voter rolls with ineligible and non-citizen voters," Watson wrote.
He requested that Garland cease enforcement "unless and until we can ensure only eligible voters receive voter registration information" and asked him to provide details about the procedures "so my office can evaluate what damage may have been done to the integrity of Mississippi voter rolls."