Congressman Van Drew Raises Concerns Over 75,000 Non-Citizens Summoned for New Jersey Jury Duty Annually
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) has issued a critical statement following recent reports indicating that approximately 75,000 non-citizens are summoned for jury duty in New Jersey each year. The issue stems from the state government databases used to compile jury selection pools.
The findings have renewed fierce debate over state record-keeping, voter registration safeguards, and the intersection of immigration policies with civic systems.
Rep. Van Drew’s Statement on New Jersey Jury Pools and Record Integrity
Addressing the reports, Congressman Van Drew highlighted growing concerns regarding how government databases manage citizenship information across various state programs:
“Thousands of non-citizens were improperly registered to vote, and hundreds cast ballots before the problem was caught,” said Congressman Van Drew.
“Now we are learning that roughly 75,000 non-citizens are summoned for jury duty every year. Even if they are ultimately screened out, this should not be happening in the first place. This is what happens when New Jersey embraces sanctuary policies, issues driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status, and then feeds those records into government systems that were built around citizenship. Information gets mixed, and we are told to trust the safeguards to clean it up afterward. When the same problem keeps appearing across different government systems, it raises serious concerns about how New Jersey maintains and verifies its records.”
Key Points & Key Takeaways
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Database Overlap: New Jersey compiles jury selection lists using state databases, including Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) records.
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Driver’s Licenses & Immigration Status: Critics argue that issuing driver’s licenses without verifying citizenship status feeds non-citizen records into automated jury and voter selection pools.
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Systemic Integrity Concerns: While screening procedures exist to remove ineligible jurors, lawmakers worry that relying on post-selection safeguards allows improper registrations to recur across multiple government systems.
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