On July 10, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8281, the deceptively named “SAVE Act,” under the pretense of protecting U.S. elections by preventing non-citizens from voting. Introduced by Representative Chip Roy of Texas, the bill seeks to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 by requiring proof of citizenship to register for federal elections.
While this may seem like a sensible measure on the surface, a deeper analysis reveals dangerous impacts due to the way the SAVE Act achieves these goals. In the name of increasing election integrity, the SAVE Act introduces provisions that could lead to widespread voter suppression and imposes unnecessary obstacles on law-abiding citizens to exercise their right to vote. This analysis exposes the bill's hidden dangers and makes it clear that this bill is not a solution to real problems, but a dangerous step toward disenfranchising vulnerable communities.
Defining Citizenship: Misunderstanding the 14th Amendment
Contrary to the bill's premise, Section 1 of the 14th Amendment does not grant citizenship to everyone born in the United States. When the amendment was debated, Congress specifically excluded certain groups, such as American Indians, who were under the jurisdiction of tribal nations at the time. Similarly, children of foreign diplomats born in the United States do not automatically gain citizenship because they remain under the jurisdiction of their parents' nations.
The same principle applies to the children of people who enter the country illegally. These children are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction, as the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment intended. Thus, under the Constitution, neither parents nor children are considered U.S. citizens, and both may be lawfully deported.
But the SAVE Act undermines this constitutional understanding by broadly declaring that anyone born in the United States is a citizen, regardless of their parents' legal status. This provision could give voting rights to millions of children of illegal immigrants. In fact, under this erroneous interpretation, even the children of foreign diplomats could claim U.S. citizenship and vote in federal elections not just those of their parents' countries of origin.
The growing influence of foreign countries in U.S. elections
Far from protecting our elections, the SAVE Act opens the door to foreign influence by granting citizenship and even voting rights to the children of those who have entered the United States illegally, including those from hostile or extremist countries such as China. In doing so, the Act threatens to allow non-citizens and their descendants to influence our elections.
While many of the SAVE Act's supporters may not understand its true meaning, those who drafted the bill appear to fully understand its impact. The bill, as Senator Jacob Howard has stated, goes against the original intent of the 14th Amendment, which clarifies that the amendment's citizenship clause does not include aliens or foreign nationals born within the United States. Thus, the SAVE Act is a direct legislative attack on the amendment, undermining both national sovereignty and the integrity of our elections.
Voting Documentation: A Burden on Law-Abiding Citizens
One of the most troubling aspects of the SAVE Act is its requirement to provide proof of citizenship, which disproportionately impacts women whose names have changed due to marriage. Navigating this bureaucratic maze is similar to the intrusive and unnecessary process of obtaining a REAL ID. Provisions like this punish Americans in the name of protecting national security, while subtly advancing a more insidious agenda: the REAL ID system.
Real ID: A tool for control, not security
The REAL ID Act, enacted after 9/11 to tighten security, has since morphed into a government surveillance tool that undermines citizens' rights while giving illegal immigrants easier access to critical services. The push for REAL ID, which is expected to be fully implemented by May 2025, prioritizes control over security and could transform into a national digital ID system that can control every aspect of your life, from your healthcare to your travels.
Burdening the people and ignoring the real issues
The SAVE Act’s proof of citizenship requirement applies not only to new voters, but also to registered voters who need to update their information because of a name change or move. This particularly affects married women, who would face similar bureaucratic ordeals to the REAL ID process.
Rather than addressing the problems of illegal immigration and voter fraud, the SAVE Act imposes unnecessary burdens on the American people and expands the electorate to people who are not U.S. citizens or were never intended to become U.S. citizens.
Hidden Objective
The true purpose of the SAVE Act is not to protect U.S. elections, but to serve a broader globalist agenda to erode national sovereignty through legislative deception. By forcing Americans to jump through hoops to prove their right to vote, while at the same time granting voting rights to illegal immigrants and the children of foreign diplomats, the SAVE Act advances a globalist agenda to increase power and control over the American people.
Conclusion
The SAVE Act is a dangerous attack on both the Constitution and the integrity of American citizenship. Disguised as election reform, this bill is a Trojan horse for disenfranchisement and globalist control. The American people must demand that the Senate reject this bill. As Thomas Jefferson warned in 1814, “Our government is now clearly and steadily advancing toward ruin; first to unite, then to corrupt, inevitably.” The SAVE Act is another step toward this ruin, and we cannot allow it to proceed.
