House Passes SAVE Act That Bans Noncitizen Voting in Federal Elections
198 House Democrats voted against bill requiring proof of citizenship
to vote, and the Biden regime will almost certainly veto it should it pass in the Senate.
UPDATE: As Expected! Republicans knew this would be the outcome. At the most, it confirms what we already knew, that the intent behind the flood of illegal immigrants was always to create a new voting block for the Democrats. They simply cannot win without breaking the law.
Democrats Block the SAVE Act in the Senate, Leaving Door Open for Illegal Immigrants to Vote in Presidential Election
The House passed the Republican-led Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act by a 221-198 vote, which requires voters to prove their citizenship in order to vote in federal elections.
Only 5 House Democrats sided with the Republicans in voting for the bill.
🚨 BREAKING: Almost every single Democrat just voted to *protect* the ability of illegal aliens to vote in our elections. pic.twitter.com/MBuXqoCn4U
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 10, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a statement excoriated the Democrats for voting against the bill, claiming they have “now proven they believe that illegal aliens should vote in American elections.”
“Today, 198 House Democrats voted against preventing illegal aliens from voting in American elections. Over the past four years, Joe Biden has welcomed millions upon millions of illegals into the country knowing that noncitizens only have to check a box to vote in a federal election,” Johnson wrote.
My statement on the passage of the SAVE Act: pic.twitter.com/Id1v9zEDqz
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 10, 2024
“We have long known this was an intentional effort to turn them into voters, and now the American people know where every member of Congress stands on this critically important issue. House Republicans believe that only Americans should vote in American elections. House Democrats have now proven they believe that illegal aliens should vote in American elections.”
The Biden administration said it opposes the bill and will likely veto it should it pass the Senate.
“The alleged justification for this bill is based on easily disproven falsehoods,” the administration said in a statement on Monday.
“Additionally, making a false claim of citizenship or unlawfully voting in an election is punishable by removal from the United States and a permanent bar to admission.”
House Democrats earlier claimed in floor speeches that the SAVE Act is racist and xenophobic.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) argued the bill would only make it more difficult for Americans to vote, but did not elaborate on how that would be the case.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): Requiring that only American citizens vote "is designed to jam people up and prevent Americans from voting." pic.twitter.com/Sx6wTU5Ayg
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 10, 2024
The SAVE Act – which requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections – passed the House 221-198 on Wednesday.
Nearly every Democrat lawmaker voted to protect the ability of illegals to vote in federal elections.
This is after Joe Biden flooded the US with more than 15 million illegal aliens.
The White House issued a statement on Monday, condemning a House Republicans’ bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections.
The bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require voters to show documentary proof of United States citizenship. Under current law, states can only require proof of citizenship to register to vote in local and state elections.
The Gateway Pundit recently reported on the Democrats’ opposition to the bill and Minority Whip Katherine Clark’s (D-Mass.) efforts urging House Democrats to “VOTE NO” on the bill this week. Clark dishonestly claimed the new law would “prevent Americans from registering to vote with their driver’s license alone” and would make a passport the “only acceptable standalone form of identification,” which is complete BS. The bill outlines five acceptable forms of identification to prove citizenship.
The bill is likely dead on arrival in the Senate and Joe Biden would veto the measure.
Full White House statement below:
The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Federal elections–it is a Federal crime punishable by prison and fines. The alleged justification for this bill is based on easily disproven falsehoods. Additionally, making a false claim of citizenship or unlawfully voting in an election is punishable by removal from the United States and a permanent bar to admission. States already have effective safeguards in place to verify voters’ eligibility and maintain the accuracy of voter rolls. This bill would do nothing to safeguard our elections, but it would make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls. The evidence is clear that the current laws to prevent noncitizen voting are working as intended–it is extraordinarily rare for noncitizens to break the law by voting in Federal elections.
The President has been clear: he will continue fighting to protect Americans’ sacred right to vote in free, fair, and secure elections, including by calling on Congress to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. If House Republicans really want to do something about securing our border and fixing our broken immigration system, they should vote on the border deal that the President negotiated with a bipartisan group of Senators this would provide immigration officials the resources they need to do their jobs and be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border that we have seen in decades.
