WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement in response to growing recognition that the Trump administration's immigration policies are tied to efforts to subvert free and fair elections in the United States.

On January 24-the same day that masked federal agents murdered Alex Pretti in cold blood on the streets of Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi offered to "bring law and order" to Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls. Days later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, and Trump urged congressional Republicans to "nationalize the voting" in more than a ...