How the US Senate is Failing America Over the SAVE Act

It is not legal in any state for a noncitizen to cast a ballot in an election for federal office, and has been officially since 1996. Penalties include fines, imprisonment, and even deportation.

Federal law, the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, makes it unlawful for illegal aliens to vote in any federal election. All states prohibited non-citizen voting in federal elections by 1924. Voter registration forms require swearing under penalty of perjury that the person is a U.S. citizen. A handful of states including California, Maryland, Vermont, and D.C. permit voting by illegal aliens only in certain local races, with separate ballots to avoid federal overlap, or so we are led to believe.

This is the camel’s nose under the tent.

Notably, the U.S. Postal Service just announced it won’t deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to turn over lists of voters under a proposed rule. Postmaster General David Steiner defended the rule before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, and dismissed accusations by Democrats that the Postal Service was acting politically after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March restricting voting by mail.

Steiner’s testimony marked the clearest acknowledgment yet by a federal official that the rule could significantly alter how the Postal Service processes election mail across the country.

This is big.

The SAVE Act

The SAVE Act – the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, H.R. 22 introduced in 2025 by Rep. Chip Roy [R-TX-21], amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections.

The bill enhances election integrity. Democrats are fighting this bill, and they have corrupted Republicans assisting them.

The Biden administration released at least 4.6 million illegal aliens into the country, with 1.8 million known “gotaways,” Rep. Roy reports.

In many states, like California, these illegal aliens are eligible for AB 60 driver’s licenses and many other benefits (welfare, Medi-Cal, education, in-state college tuition, Prenatal and up to one year postpartum coverage, state financial aid and scholarships, Earned Income Tax Credit, stimulus payments), providing ample opportunities to illegally register to vote in federal elections.

Senate Democrats have lied for months, claiming the Save America Act is racist, disenfranchises minorities & makes it harder for low-income Americans to vote. None of that is true.

They can’t win without cheating. We must pass the Save America Act.https://t.co/TJGLtGPRxx

— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) June 7, 2026

In some jurisdictions, non-citizens are even able to vote in local elections. While only U.S. citizens can legally vote in federal elections, federal law has generally preempted state laws requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in such elections.

The SAVE Act would solidify this.

Even Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the SAVE America Act will remove “25 million people” from the voter rolls… not remove citizens, but 25 million people. 

🚨 SHAMEFUL DODGE: SCHUMER GOES SILENT WHEN PRESSED ON HIS OWN "25 MILLION" VOTER ROLL BOMBSHELL@SenSchumer had PLENTY to say when he warned the SAVE America Act would strip 25 million people from voter rolls. He had NOTHING to say when our LindellTV reporter, @alisonintheknow,… pic.twitter.com/uJ17cugQbG

— LindellTV (@RealLindellTV) June 24, 2026

Rep. Chip Roy’s SAVE Act would fix the illegal alien voting problem, thwart Democrat efforts to cement one-party rule, and uphold and strengthen current law by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

So what does the SAVE Act actually do?

• Amends the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which has governed state voter registration since 1993, to require states to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship and identity – in person – when registering an individual to vote in a Federal election.
• This requirement applies regardless of whether an individual is registering to vote at a DMV, a voter registration agency (such as a welfare office), or by mail.
• Directs states to establish an alternative process for applicants that may not have documentary proof of citizenship but are in fact U.S. citizens
  (due to religious reasons or otherwise), subject to minimum standards set by the Election Assistance Commission and signed attestations and
  affidavits by both the applicant and official making the determination.
• Directs states to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled Americans and applicants that have discrepancies on their documentation due to a name change.
• Requires states to establish a program to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls and gives states no-cost access to Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases to do so.
• Empowers citizens to bring civil suits against election officials that fail to uphold proof of citizenship requirements for Federal elections by expanding the NVRA’s existing private right of action, and adds penalties for election officials that register non-citizens to vote in Federal elections.
• Directs the Election Assistance Commission to promptly update any guidance associated with the SAVE Act and streamlines updates to federal forms by exempting the updates from the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Notably, California’s state-issued driver’s licenses or non-REAL ID IDs generally do not suffice on their own, even if they are photo IDs, because they do not prove citizenship.

HR 22 also effectively ends or severely restricts online and mail-in registration for federal elections, as proof must generally be presented in person. It also affects updates to existing registrations with address or party changes.

To the average bloke, this is just common sense. But there are no average blokes in the U.S. Senate, where HR 22 is being stonewalled.

The SAVE Act is held up in the U.S. Senate because it can’t get 60 votes – Democrats see it as voter suppression, and Republican leadership doesn’t want to expend the unity to nuke the filibuster for it, despite strong support and pressure from Trump and the House.

The U.S. Senate has repeatedly blocked or failed to advance the SAVE Act due to Democrat filibuster opposition, and insufficient Republican votes to overcome procedural hurdles, as well as “concerns” from some GOP senators.

President Trump CANCELLING Senate Majority Leader Thune’s

ROAD to Housing Act signing

(right before the Senate GOP lunch Trump will also be attending)

is the biggest & most beautiful play I’ve seen for a while.

Leader Thune, are you listening — yet?

— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) June 24, 2026

What concerns?

U.S. Senate leader John Thune has signaled that there is little appetite among Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster in order to pass the SAVE Act.

Polling on the SAVE Act is strong, especially for proof of citizenship and voter ID requirements.

Senate Leader John Thune is hiding behind procedure. He will be primaried.

The SAVE America Act is the number 1 trend in the country.

All it does is require 2 things to vote: 1) Photo ID & 2) Proof of citizenship.

For those who don’t have photo voter ID — like the Amish — there is an attestation voters can sign under penalty of perjury.

Many states,…

— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) June 24, 2026

🚨 UPDATE: Senate Leader John Thune says SAVE America Act is DEAD, he's NOT getting the votes to nuke the filibuster, and he laughed when asked if President Trump could turn on him as a result

ROLLING OVER IS THE WRONG MOVE!

"We don't have the votes…the SAVE America didn't… pic.twitter.com/f2mKmG3v4d

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 9, 2026