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★ SAVE ACT Would Undermine Voter Registration for All Americans
Citizenship is already a requirement to vote, but hard to prove.
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The SAVE ACT is a voter suppression bill.
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–Nearly 21 million voting-age US citizens do not have a current driver’s license.
–Voters of color, married women, and younger voters would be most affected.
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Article: Five Things to Know About the SAVE Act
Report: Who Lacks ID in America Today? (PDF)
The bill: H.R. 8281
Despite this indisputable clarity, Trump has issued an executive order that refuses to recognize the US-born children of non-citizens as citizens.
So far, attorneys general from 22 states have challenged this order, filing lawsuits.
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Birthright Citizenship is Guaranteed by the Constitution
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
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