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On Friday January 25, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that 95,000 individuals registered to vote in the Lone Star State have been identified as "Non-US Citizens," meaning they are illegally registered to vote. Further evidence brought forth by Texas Secretary of State David Whitely confirms that 58,000 of these individuals have broken the law and voted in "one or more" recent elections. “Every single instance of illegal voting threatens democracy in our state and deprives individual Texans of their voice," AG Paxton said in a statement. "My Election Fraud Unit stands ready to investigate and prosecute crimes against the...

The U.S. government historically has granted posthumous citizenship to non-U.S. citizen service members killed in the line of duty during wartime. Thanks to a close working relationship between the Defense Department and the new Department of Homeland Security, this process is now on the fast track – with a goal of presenting an official certificate granting that citizenship at the service member's funeral. And with new provisions in the fiscal 2004 National Defense Authorization Act, the citizenship is no longer simply honorary. It now includes tangible benefits to the deceased service member's spouse, children and parents who hope to gain...

(Hartford-WTNH, June 17, 2002 11:00 PM) _ About 175 people turned out for a hearing on proposed changes in Connecticut's driver's license rules for non-U-S citizens. Tonight's meeting was much smoother than the last. DMV officials say the changes are about improving security, but legal immigrants say access to a license should not be linked to immigration status. Outside the Legislative Office Building the crowd waved flags and chanted in Spanish 'Yes, we can.' Inside, legal immigrants like Jaime Padilla told a panel of DMV officials that going to work or getting to the doctor is difficult without a driver's...