Republican leaders want to let the group vote now and present their documents later, an apparent contradiction to their long-running efforts.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants the federal government to share the citizenship status of registered voters whom the state cannot verify eligibility to vote, saying the immigration policies

It is a second-degree felony for a non-citizen to cast a vote in Texas. It's also illegal to knowingly lie about citizenship status while registering to vote in Texas. A 1996 federal law made it illegal for a non-citizen to vote in federal elections.