{"id":2290535,"date":"2024-07-08T13:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-opposes-bill-to-ban-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:36:49","slug":"white-house-opposes-bill-to-ban-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-opposes-bill-to-ban-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House opposes bill to ban illegal immigrants from voting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-opposes-bill-to-ban-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White \u200bHouse opposes the \u2062House\u2064 GOP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-protest-election-integrity-bill-inside-georgia-state-capitol-clash-with-police\/\" title=\"Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Police\">election integrity bill<\/a>, \u2064stating that it would not protect federal \u200delections and is\u2063 redundant. The\u2062 Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy and backed\u200b by former President Donald Trump, aims to require proof of citizenship before registering to\u2064 vote. The White \u2062House argues that current laws are effective in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-affirms-arizonas-need-to-keep-noncitizens-off-voter-rolls-but-makes-it-harder-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Court upholds Arizona&#039;s voter roll restrictions for noncitizens, but raises barriers\">preventing noncitizen voting<\/a> and that the bill would make it harder for eligible Americans to vote. Instances of\u200c noncitizens voting are rare, and the bill&#8217;s opponents claim it will\u200b not hinder citizens from voting. Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats of\u2064 wanting to turn \u200billegal aliens into voters and called for the passage \u200bof the SAVE Act.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington 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Schilke<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T13:24:54-04:00\">July 8, 2024 1:24 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696084\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> came out in staunch opposition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House GOP<\/a>\u2018s election integrity bill that is set to come to the floor this week, saying the measure would \u201cdo nothing\u201d to protect federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>elections<\/a> and is redundant of current laws in place.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-118hr8281rh\/pdf\/BILLS-118hr8281rh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act<\/a>, sponsored by Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chip-roy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chip Roy<\/a> (R-TX) and backed by former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require people to provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Federal elections \u2014 it is a Federal crime punishable by prison and fines,\u201d the White House said in a statement on Monday. \u201cThe alleged justification for this bill is based on easily disproven falsehoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates already have effective safeguards in place to verify voters\u2019 eligibility and maintain the accuracy of voter rolls,\u201d the White House continued. \u201cThis 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-attack-republicans-on-dc-noncitizen-voting-law-as-a-setup-for-election-fraud-claims\/\" title=\"Democrats criticize Republicans for DC noncitizen voting law as a potential avenue for election fraud allegations\">prevent noncitizen voting<\/a> are working as intended \u2014 it is extraordinarily rare for noncitizens to break the law by voting in Federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instances of noncitizens voting in federal elections are few and far between. A fraud database by the conservative Heritage Foundation found only 100 cases of noncitizens voting between 2002 and 2022 among a sample of over 1 billion ballots. Even if those ballots were detected, it would do little to sway a presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Roy dismissed the Biden administration\u2019s opposition to the bill during a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/MQvqCJ7wAJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> on <em>The Benny Show<\/em> shortly after the release of the White House\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to be in the crosshairs of the White House,\u201d Roy said to host Benny Johnson. \u201cThe White House is very clearly in opposition to the well-being of most Americans, right, as evidenced by their open borders and the death of Laken Riley and a bunch of Texans. This administration is not interested in safeguarding the American people\u2019s right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy argued that the bill will not interfere with an American citizen\u2019s ability to cast a ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the truth. We\u2019re just gonna make sure that we try to prevent those who are noncitizens from voting, but of course, they oppose it. They don\u2019t want any break in their current efforts to try and register people \u2026 to vote who are noncitizens,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accused Democrats of wanting to \u201cturn illegal aliens into voters\u201d in a post on X on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are Democrats so adamantly against ensuring only American citizens vote in our elections?\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe must pass the SAVE Act to prevent this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are Democrats so adamantly against ensuring only American citizens vote in our elections? <\/p>\n<p>They want to turn illegal aliens into voters. We must pass the SAVE Act to prevent this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hr8lSOChYQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/hr8lSOChYQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1810344653972988334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SAVE Act is a by-product of a meeting between the speaker and Trump during a visit at Mar-a-Lago to voice concerns on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-unveils-election-bill-to-ban-noncitizens-from-voting\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson introduces bill to prohibit noncitizens from voting\">election integrity ahead<\/a> of the 2024 elections. Roy later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2995998\/johnson-unveils-election-bill-noncitizens-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>introduced<\/a> the bill in May.<\/p>\n<p>The House Rules Committee is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3071027\/house-takes-election-integrity-biden-title-ix-transgender-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>taking up the bill<\/a> on Monday, setting it up for a full House vote as early as Tuesday. With Democrats controlling the Senate, it is unlikely the SAVE Act will come to a vote if passed by the lower chamber.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696084\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696084\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House strongly opposes the House GOP&#8217;s election integrity bill, stating that it would not protect federal elections and is redundant. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy and supported by former President Donald Trump, would require proof of citizenship before registering to vote. The White House argues that current laws already prevent noncitizens from voting and that the bill would make it harder for eligible Americans to register. Instances of noncitizens voting in federal elections are rare, with only 100 cases found between 2002 and 2022. Despite opposition from the Biden administration, Roy maintains that the bill will not hinder American citizens from voting. Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats of wanting to turn illegal aliens into voters and called for the passage of the SAVE Act to prevent this. The bill is set for a full House vote, but its chances in the Senate are slim due to Democratic control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2290536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24129606405043-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3895,32165,32127],"class_list":["post-2290535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bill","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24129606405043-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}