Nearly three months after Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose first sought access to federal citizenship verification records to help the Buckeye State ensure noncitizens don’t vote in the election, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has yet to respond.
In his defense, Mayorkas reportedly has been busy enjoying high-end sushi from posh Japanese restaurant chains and shopping in fashionable Georgetown boutiques.
LaRose says he has made several appeals to the Biden-Harris administration seeking access to DHS databases, “specifically the Person Centric Query Service (PCQS) database, the Person Centric Identity Services (PCIS) database, and the Central Index System.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has intervened on the secretary of state’s behalf, demanding answers from Mayorkas on his failure to assist LaRose in securing Ohio’s elections. Jordan, who serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the matter is particularly pressing “in light of the open-border policies of the Biden-Harris Administration” that have led to unprecedented millions of illegal immigrants pouring into the United States. As The Federalist has extensively reported, thousands of foreign nationals have shown up on voters rolls in states across the country, including hundreds of names this year that LaRose has ordered removed from Ohio’s voter registration database.
“Given Secretary LaRose’s state and federal statutory responsibilities to guarantee that only lawfully registered citizens vote in Ohio federal elections, his request for access to DHS’s citizenship verification databases is a ‘purpose authorized by law,’ and you must grant it accordingly,” Jordan wrote in the Sept. 27
