The new policy by the agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, has caused outrage among local League of Women Voters volunteers as well as local congressional representatives.
"Homeland Security has no jurisdiction over this. They can't limit voter registration," said U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, chairwoman of the House Judiciary immigration subcommittee. "Who do they think they are?"
Some are concerned that the new policy is an attempt to suppress voter participation by new citizens.
"For me, it's strictly political," said Socorro Reyes-McCord, a member of the county registrar's voting rights advisory committee. Government officials "are trying to keep these newly naturalized citizens out of the electoral process."

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