Officials in Texas joined together on July 18 to seek access to an immigration database to ensure that no noncitizens are voting in this year’s elections. According to the Houston Chronicle, the state’s Secretary of State, Esperanza Andrade, drafted a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging her to allow access to the database, which is alleged to contain more than 100 million records of immigrants.

Several other states with large Latino groups have been drafting similar letters with the hope of stopping undocumented immigrants from voting. The DHS has been reluctant at allowing states access; however, it awarded Florida with access last week.