WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 24 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) follow existing federal law over the March 31 Executive Order signed by President Trump, which violates the Constitution and risks disenfranchising eligible voters.
President Trump's directive, which has been challenged in the courts, would require DHS to create eligible voter lists - which the federal government does not have the authority to do. Under the order, DHS is required to use data from the Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) prog...