Passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act will not save the Republican Party from losing the House of Representatives in 2026, as President Donald Trump claims. But it is a reasonable and desirable constitutional reform that would help restore faith in elections. It deserves a vote on the Senate floor.

According to the best estimates available, there were about 16 million illegal immigrants in the country when Trump took office, some 6 million of them having entered during President Joe Biden’s maladministration. The Trump administration claims it has deported some 600,000 and that another 1.9 million have left voluntarily, meaning the illegal population now hovers around 13.5 million.

Noncitizen voting is rare, but does happen. In 2024, Ohio brought indictments against 6 noncitizens for illegally voting in federal elections, and in Texas, 33 noncitizens were referred to the attorney general’s office for the same crime. A 2014 study of the 2008 election found that 6.4% of noncitizens voted that year, which was enough to give Democrats the 60 Senate votes they needed to pass Obamacare along purely partisan lines.

The SAVE Act would require states to collect proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote. Acceptable evidence includes a Real ID, a........

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