Congressman Van Drew Raises Concerns Over 75,000 Non-Citizens Summoned for Jury Duty in New Jersey Each Year

For Immediate Release
July 27, 2026

 

 

Congressman Van Drew Raises Concerns Over 75,000 Non-Citizens Summoned for Jury Duty in New Jersey Each Year

 

 

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement after reports revealed that approximately 75,000 non-citizens are summoned for jury duty in New Jersey each year through government databases used to assemble jury pools.

"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."

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