State conservatives demand action on noncitizen voting: 'Time for Congress to listen'

"Illegal immigration was a top electoral issue for millions of voters and their message was heard loud and clear with the election of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States. Now it's time for Congress to listen," they say in a letter to lawmakers, obtained first by Fox News Digital.

"We have a massive surge of illegal aliens in our population in addition to the more than 20 million noncitizens already living in our country, no oversight of where they are or what they are doing, and a government-wide mandate to encourage voter registration without proper safeguards," the state chairs say.

In statements to Fox, the chairs made it clear that they saw the issue of noncitizen voting as an important one for their state.

"SC voters want to feel like the ballot box is secure," South Carolina Freedom Caucus Chairman Jordan Pace said. "The SCFC has repeatedly introduced bills and amendments to accomplish this by barring tax dollars from being spent to provide voter forms to non-citizens, by closing the primaries, and by increasing hand-counted audits of elections. Thus far, the moderates in the House have blocked us at every turn."

Arizona Freedom Caucus Chairman Jake Hoffman pointed to a bill in the state he introduced that became law in 2022 and rejects forms not accompanied by proof of citizenship.

"However, we need the SAVE Act's fixes in federal law to eliminate illegal registration of noncitizens under the color of law by using the federal form to register," he said.

Earlier this month, the Laken Riley Act passed the House and advanced in the Senate with Democratic backing. That bill demands the detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft-related crimes.