Statewide Iowa (RI) – The Trump Administration has signed a settlement granting state election officials free access to a federal immigration database for the next 20 years.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says on the eve of the 2024 election, the Biden Administration denied the Iowa Secretary of State’s request to do a cross check to ensure non-citizens had not registered to vote. Bird sued the federal government for access to that information and discussed the lawsuit during a recent appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa PBS.
Bird says it is clearly illegal under state and federal law for non-citizens to vote and this settlement will help Iowa safeguard the integrity of elections for years to come.
The settlement indicates that within 90 days the state of Iowa will have access to the federal immigration database, well before Iowa’s Primary Elections in June.
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