DOJ’s Civil Division backstabs Trump in his fight to keep aliens from voting

Published September 22, 2026 3:40pm ET | Updated September 22, 2026 3:50pm ET



The Department of Justice’s Civil Division is sabotaging the president’s efforts to keep foreign citizens from interfering in American elections. Criminal lawyers at the Department of Justice recently charged 16 aliens in seven states for illegally registering and voting in American elections. Yet inexplicably at almost the same time, the Civil Division denied that states have the constitutional right to verify citizenship status and eligibility of registered voters in its response to a lawsuit filed by Louisiana. 

President Donald Trump and his administration have fought mightily to deter aliens from registering and voting, and to prosecute those who do. Despite claims by critics, the evidence is that there are thousands of aliens registered (and voting) all over the country.

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