From the Texas Tribune: Naturalized citizens suing over Texas voter citizenship review, calling it conspiracy to single out foreign-born Texans The plaintiffs allege the state's move to flag tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews violates the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act.

This was easy to foresee.

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The lawsuit was filed a week after the Texas secretary of state’s office said it was sending out the names of approximately 95,000 registered voters who had provided the Department of Public Safety with some form of documentation — such as a green card or work visa — that indicated they were not citizens when they obtained a driver’s license or ID card.

Almost immediately, civil rights groups and election administrators raised the prospect that the state’s list likely included voters who had become naturalized citizens after obtaining their driver’s licenses or IDs. Texans are not required to update DPS if their citizenship status changes in between renewing those state-issued IDs, which don’t have to be updated for several years.

In the days following the state’s announcement, the secretary of state’s office informed counties that it had mistakenly included legitimate voters who had proved they were citizens when they registered to vote at DPS offices. And election officials have since confirmed that the remaining list includes naturalized citizens who didn’t register to vote at DPS offices.

But officials have “neither withdrawn the list of suspect voters nor advised the counties to refrain from acting on the flawed information” even though the data has since proven to be flawed and likely includes tens of thousands of naturalized citizens, the complaint reads.

One of the plaintiffs, Julieta Garibay, has confirmed with Travis County election officials that she is on the list they received from the state. Five others believe they were included on the state's list. Another plaintiff, Elena Keane, received a notice from Galveston County stating, “There is reason to believe you may not be a United States citizen,” and asking for proof of citizenship within 30 days to remain on the voter rolls.

But wait, there's more:

- Another group of civil rights organizations sues Texas over voter citizenship review: The ACLU and others are asking a federal court to block counties from sending notices requiring certain voters to prove their citizenship.