The Biden administration said Monday it strongly opposes legislation that would require a proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections, an effort by congressional Republicans to prevent millions of illegal immigrants from voting.
A statement of administration policy said the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, “is based on easily disproven falsehoods.”
“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 policy stated. “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.”
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