Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin criticized a federal court decision that reinstated over 1,600 noncitizens to the state’s voter rolls, describing it as “beyond belief” during an appearance on Newsmax Saturday.

A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the last two months in an effort to stop noncitizens from voting.

U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles granted an injunction request brought against Virginia election officials by the Justice Department, which claimed the voter registrations were wrongly canceled during a 90-day quiet period ahead of the November election that restricts states from making large-scale changes to their voter rolls.

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