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Mike Lee: “The Save America act closes that gap. It makes it possible…”

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 30:32

No serious person believes that declaring something illegal in and of itself eliminates the need to enforce the law, especially whereas here, the law itself is written and has been interpreted by the courts conclusively in a way that makes it impossible to enforce. The Save America act closes that gap. It makes it possible to enforce the law. It requires proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The reason this bears mention is because states do have power. I don't know why any state would want to do this. States do have it within their discretion to allow non citizens to vote. (30:32–30:44)

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Asserts that the Save America Act requires proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

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