House Republicans are using this month’s government funding showdown to spotlight an immigration issue that can fuel their criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic lawmakers ahead of the November elections.
In a draft measure released Friday to keep the government funded after Sept. 30, the House included the text of another bill, dubbed the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and require states to remove noncitizens from their official lists of eligible voters.
The Biden administration and Democrats oppose that noncitizen voting bill and are expected to try to block the measure from becoming law, in part because it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
