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On the recordJuly 11, 2024
one citizen, one vote--today, this foundational principle is under attack. It is under attack because President Biden refuses to enforce the law. Now we face a direct threat to our entire electoral system. Consider this: Since President Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021, over 10 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States. This figure exceeds the populations of 36 States, creating a crisis that has been met with troubling silence and inaction from far too many on the other side of the aisle. With millions of unauthorized people now on U.S. soil, living here in the United States, the potential for election fraud through ineligible voting is not just a hypothetical risk--no; it is a looming reality. With the influx of noncitizens under this administration, even if just a fraction--let's just say something like 1 in 100--were to vote, this could translate to hundreds of thousands of votes, enough to sway our tightly contested elections and potentially alter their outcomes. This is deeply concerning considering that a recent study showed that noncitizens have ample openings to vote illegally. It found that anywhere from 10 to 27 percent of noncitizens are registered to vote and 5 to 13 percent of noncitizens do actually vote in Presidential elections, no less. Across the Nation, instances abound where States have inadvertently facilitated this very crisis.…
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Jul 11, 2024

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