Ted Cruz is using is place on the Senate Rules Committee right now to lie about illegal immigrants being able to register in automatic voter registration systems. Georgia has one. Perhaps he should has Brian Kemp if he is registering illegal immigrants.
The institutions that register individuals to vote under an AVR system have access to information about their citizenship. Non-citizens are not offered this opportunity. There are rules.
This is what's mind boggling: Lots of GOP states *already have* this. The NVRA - which has been on the books for some time - also demands that DMVs have the ability to register right then and there. This isn't new. Thousands of illegal immigrants are currently not registered.
He says that because illegal immigrants can get drivers licenses in california they can automatically register to vote. No. They can get specific drivers licenses allowed by law for their classification. They cannot also register, as that is a second, separate step.
Asked if he has any evidence of mass registration of illegal immigrants, Cruz avoids the question. He is asked again. Refers to the text of the bill, which he says makes "absolutely clear" that they would register, which is false. he has no evidence.
He's asked again for evidence. He - again - avoids the question, and demands support for his amendment without offering any evidence for its necessity.
Merkley says he is upset by the "falsehood" propagated by Cruz, and the committee has heard evidence from multiple officials in multiple states of both parties that AVR does not register undocumented immigrants. Notes that Cruz hasn't presented any evidence. Amendment fails.
Cruz has introduced something like 80 amendments to this bill, so we are in for a hell of a day.
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