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'SAVE America Act': President Trump's top priority amid ongoing debate ...
President Trump made it clear that passing the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act,” better known as the “SAVE America Act,” is of the utmost importance, saying it “supersedes everything else,” according to ABC. The “SAVE America Act” was introduced in the House of Representatives on Jan. 30, 2026, but has not yet made it out of committee. However, this lack of progress has done little to dissuade President Trump, who urged Congress to cancel its Easter recess and focus on passing the bill “for Jesus,” according to USA Today. The aim of the “SAVE America Act,” according to a statement posted on Whitehouse.gov, is to decrease instances of voter fraud. The bill seeks to ensure that “only American citizens” can vote in federal elections by requiring proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration and the presentation of a valid ID at the polls. There are various forms of documentation that the proposed legislation lists as acceptable for proving citizenship, which include birth certificates and U.S. passports. University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of Political Science, Gregory Shufeldt, made the point that it is “already a crime for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.” With the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) specifically addressing the issue, there is already “very little evidence to suggest there is widespread systematic voting” by noncitizens. However, Shufeldt emphasized that the lack of evidence does not mean that there are not “legitimate concerns” about noncitizens voting. UIndy Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lacey Davidson agreed with Shufeldt in this regard, but she also highlighted the importance of examining the bill’s effect on citizens who can legally vote. “The data is not indicating that [noncitizens voting] is happening a ton,” Davidson said. “So you’ve got to ask, ‘What is the cost then?’” Davidson said that making it harder to vote could drive some to stop participating in the democratic process entirely. She said this could also have a particularly negative impact on students and first-time voters, causing them to question the point of being involved politically to any degree. Vote.org, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing voter participation, raises a variety of concerns about the effects the “SAVE America Act” would have on law-abiding citizens. According to a brief on their website, the bill would “fundamentally change how Americans...
Here's How the SAVE America Act Could Impact Immigrant Voters
She said many immigrant voters already face barriers when voting, including difficulty with language access and unfamiliarity with the voting process. May Tiwamangkala, director of organizing at Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, said the legislation would also have an outsized impact on Asian voters, who tend to vote by mail. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, almost 7 in 10 voters nationwide cast their ballot by mail or before Election Day in the 2020 election. Asian voters cast their ballot in this way at the highest rate of all racial groups, at 82%. Tiwamangkala added that some voters who are naturalized citizens may struggle to get naturalization papers, passports or birth certificates to prove their citizenship due to cost and accessibility. Christine Chen, executive director of Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Vote, said naturalized Asian voters can also encounter clerical issues during voter registration that could affect their ability to vote under the proposed legislation. Chen, who works with organizations nationwide to help register APIA voters, said she’s seen names misspelled due to differences in English spellings or surname order. Changes could also affect married women who take their spouse’s last name, Chen said, since the legislation requires a person’s name to match their birth certificates. What concerns do experts have about sharing voter data with DHS? Gandhi said handing over voter lists to the federal government could lead to flawed citizenship checks that would exclude eligible naturalized immigrant voters. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the federal government’s citizenship verification tool has led to “widespread misidentification” of voter eligibility, especially for citizens born outside the U.S. Under U.S. law, it is illegal for a noncitizen to vote in any election, and instances of voter fraud have accounted for an extremely small percentage — 0.000008 percent — of votes cast in the last 11 presidential elections, according to a database by the conservative Heritage Foundation reported on by The New York Times. Gandhi said the false rhetoric of widespread voter fraud chills voters from participating in elections. “[Many voters] don’t even necessarily want to take the chance or take the risk of going out there to a polling place or having their name on a voter registration application if they’re receiving the message that they will be scrutinized and interrogated ...
OPINION: The SAVE Act will make voting harder for eligible citizens
Under current U.S. law, non-citizens are already prohibited from registering to vote or voting in federal or state elections. Election officials around the ...
GOP states take up citizenship proof voting laws as SAVE America ...
Ahead of midterm elections, some states are putting into effect new measures, including requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
