Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed Monday that his state has sent its voter registration rolls to the Justice Department to check for ineligible voters, after a state review found thousands of possible illegal migrants were registered to vote.

The state review was conducted last year and identified 2,000 potential noncitizens, who possibly voted illegally in recent state elections. The review was a cross-check between the state's voter registration list and citizenship data in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ SAVE database.

Abbott said the voter list was sent to the Justice Department last month. The department previously sued six Democratic states for not supplying their voter rolls upon request 

"Texas sent the Justice Department a list of the state’s registered voters last month," Abbott said on X. "We want our voter rolls to be checked for potential ineligible registrations. Only US citizens can vote in Texas."

The DOJ has argued that it has the authority to review state voter rolls through the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1960. 

The push to review voter rolls comes as states are preparing for Congressional elections nationwide later this year. Primaries are set to begin in March. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.