McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) – Several Democratic Texas lawmakers are asking the Justice Department to investigate recent “raids” of South Texas homes and businesses by Republican Texas’ Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office in its efforts to eradicate voter fraud.
Eleven Democratic representatives, including two from the border, on Friday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Justice Department to investigate a series of recent searches by Paxton’s office on several homes and businesses in South Texas, which they call “raids.”
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“We write to you with urgent concerns over recent actions undertaken at the direction of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to raid the homes of activists, volunteers, and political operatives in South Texas and the San Antonio area and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to remove thousands of individuals from voter rolls with little transparency. We are concerned that these actions are intended to intimidate American citizens, in particular Latinos and members of minority communities, from exercising their right to vote through political persecution or deny them that right altogether. We request that the Department investigate these actions,” the letter says .