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.

Watson, a Republican, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week, asking him to stop enforcing Biden Executive Order 14019, which was promoted as an attempt to combat racial discrimination and instructed government agencies to “consider ways to expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.”

According to Watson’s letter, the Department of Justice’s efforts to comply with the executive order “have led to agencies under [Garland’s] charge attempting to register people to vote, including potentially ineligible felons.” Watson also charges that the order has led the DOJ to “coopt state and local officials into accomplishing this goal.”

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mississippi-doj-elections/2024/03/13/id/1157105/