Top Republicans are laying the groundwork to claim the 2024 election isn’t secure and fair because of noncitizen voting, a theory that has lived in conservative circles since President Biden’s 2020 victory.
Former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have claimed that Democrats are encouraging migrants to come into the United States so they can vote in elections and support their ticket.
“A lot of these illegal immigrants coming in, they’re trying to get them to vote. They can’t even speak English. They don’t even know what country they’re in, practically. And these people are trying to get them to vote. And that’s why they’re allowing them to come into our country,” Trump said in September.
Recently arrived migrants cannot vote in U.S. elections, however, and immigrants must embark on the multiyear process to gain citizenship before they are able to cast a ballot.
Despite claims that migrants are voting in droves, there’s little evidence that those ineligible to vote are seeking to cast ballots.
Newly arrived migrants who enter at the southern border — those seemingly cited by GOP leaders — aren’t allowed to vote in the U.S., nor are they likely on a pathway to ever do so.
Nonetheless, a number of figures have suggested, without evidence, they will be likely Democratic voters despite their inability to cast a ballot.
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