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Mike Lee: “Federal law flatly prohibits non-citizen voting in US…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Mike Lee Delivers Emphatic Defense Of The SAVE America Act In Senate Floor Speech

Published | Video Starts at 29:43

These are all fancy ways, Mr. President, nice ways of saying perhaps some of those who are opposed to it might be afraid of what happens if they're not allowed to rely on non citizen votes, even though Federal law flatly prohibits non-citizen voting in US elections. That is not a good reason to oppose this. It may be a reason, but it's not a good reason. It's not a valid reason. Not a legal, moral, ethical or constitutional reason. (29:43–29:46)

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Asserts that federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting in U.S. elections.

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