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Miles Parks

Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It's already illegal

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as former President Donald Trump listens during a news conference Friday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., appeared together Friday to tout legislation aimed at stopping something that is already illegal in America: noncitizens voting in federal elections.

Johnson gave a broad overview of a bill House Republicans will soon introduce that would implement new citizenship documentation requirements for people to register to vote, which experts have said would make voting harder for many eligible voters like naturalized citizens and young voters.

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