House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday revealed a new piece of legislation that aims to prevent illegal immigrants from voting in the 2024 general elections.
In a press conference outside of the Capitol, Rep. Johnson announced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
In his announcement, Johnson stated “Due to the wide-open border that the Biden administration has refused to close, in fact, that they engineered to open, we now have so many non-citizens in the country that if only one out of 100 of those voted, they would cast hundreds of thousands of votes,”
Watch clips of the announcement here:
Because America’s borders are wide open and Democrats want to turn noncitizens into voters, Congress must act to protect our federal elections.
Today, we introduced the SAVE Act to ensure that only Americans get to decide American elections.
Thank you to @RepChipRoy and… pic.twitter.com/dXANdzUuoC
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) May 8, 2024
Check out what Fox News reported:
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled legislation on Wednesday aimed at blocking non-citizens from voting in U.S. elections.
Johnson held a high-profile press conference at the base of the U.S. Capitol to promote the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act alongside the bill’s leaders in the House and Senate, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
The speaker warned that a “dangerously high number” of illegal immigrants are able to vote in U.S. elections and said it could even affect who wins or loses.
“Due to the wide open border that the Biden administration has refused to close, in fact, that they engineered to open, we now have so many non-citizens in the country that if only one out of 100 of those voted, they would cast hundreds of thousands of votes,” Johnson said.
Republicans announce election bill to stop Illegals from voting.pic.twitter.com/iqE4xnWWzc
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 8, 2024
Per Reuters:
U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections, which is already illegal and rarely occurs, an effort meant to draw more attention to Donald Trump’s false claims that U.S. elections are marred by widespread fraud.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has relied on the former president’s support to hold off a bid to oust him from leadership by Republican hardliner Marjorie Taylor Greene, said the measure was aimed at preventing noncitizens from voting in November.“We all know – intuitively – that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it’s not been something that is easily provable,” Johnson told reporters without offering evidence to support the claim.
Republicans say the legislation would provide a needed mechanism to safeguard voting by requiring states to collect proof of U.S. citizenship before registering voters and to purge their voter rolls of noncitizens.
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