'How Can We Trust The DOJ?': Nick Langworthy Sounds Alarm On Noncitizen Voting Enforcement

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During a House Rules Committtee hearing, Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) questioned Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) about legislation to bar any noncitizen from voting in federal elections.

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00:00Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

00:01I'd also like to thank my colleague on the Rules Committee, Representative Roy, for leading

00:05this legislation, the SAVE Act.

00:08As a member of Congress from one of the states that has recently attempted to allow non-citizens

00:13to vote in our local elections, and has simultaneously pursued sanctuary policies that have led to

00:20a flood of illegal immigration, I am very proud to be a co-sponsor of this bill that

00:25seeks to protect a key institution of our democratic system amid an unprecedented crisis

00:32on our southern and our northern borders.

00:35Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, however, don't seem to care about the real

00:40and the documented threat facing the security of our elections here.

00:44They will say, and they have said, that the number of illegal aliens who have attempted

00:48to vote in our federal elections is small compared to vote totals.

00:53And Chairman Steyl, in your view, how high do the numbers of non-citizens illegally voting

00:59or attempting to vote in our elections have to get in order for Congress to take action?

01:04Is there some kind of magic threshold?

01:06There's no magic threshold.

01:08I would note that we have done a series of hearings that have shown where non-citizens

01:13have voted in numbers that could have a significant impact or determinative impact on federal

01:18elections.

01:19Yeah, I mean, the radicals in the New York City Council tried to pass a bill that would

01:24allow a separate set of books for non-federal elections versus federal elections.

01:30It was struck down as unconstitutional in New York State courts under the New York State

01:35Constitution.

01:36But I agree with you.

01:37The acceptable threshold for non-citizen voting in our federal, our state, and our local elections

01:42should just be zero, period, end of story.

01:46This is a right and privilege of American citizens, and it should be protected as such.

01:52And Chairman Steyl, isn't it true that we can't trust the Department of Justice to go

01:56after non-citizen voting or even to try to address the problem of non-citizen voting?

02:01They've shown no prioritization of citizenship and non-citizenship voting.

02:06And I think that should be incredibly troubling, given the fact that we have like 10 million

02:10people here illegally wandering around the country right now.

02:14All over the United States, it's a 50-state problem.

02:16It's especially a problem in my home state of New York, and it just boggles my mind that

02:21this isn't something that we can pass on a suspension to safeguard our votes for only

02:27citizens of the United States of America.

02:29But I completely agree with you.

02:31If the Biden White House isn't even willing to say that there's a problem, how can we

02:34trust the DOJ that they're even going to do anything about it?

02:38I strongly support this legislation before us today.

02:41It's a simple, straightforward measure that the vast majority, three-quarters in fact,

02:46of Americans support as well.

02:48And I yield back, Mr. Chairman.

'How Can We Trust The DOJ?': Nick Langworthy Sounds Alarm On Noncitizen Voting Enforcement

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