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The bill gives immigration authorities clearer power to deny admission or remove noncitizens who vote illegally—strengthening election-integrity enforcement—but at the cost of risking wrongful immigration penalties, chilling civic participation by noncitizens, and increasing enforcement and legal costs.
Taxpayers and voters: makes it easier for DHS and consular officers to deny admission or remove noncitizens who vote illegally, which can deter illegal voting and help protect election integrity.
Federal employees and state governments: clarifies statutory authority and immigration consequences for unlawful voting so DHS and consular officers have clearer guidance for enforcement and visa decisions.
Immigrants (including lawful permanent residents and other noncitizens): creates a risk that people who unknowingly or mistakenly vote under complex local rules could be denied admission or deported.
Lawful noncitizen residents and immigrant communities: may chill lawful civic participation because people unsure about local voting eligibility could avoid engaging in elections out of fear of immigration consequences.
Taxpayers and federal agencies: increases incentives for immigration enforcement and removal proceedings tied to voting conduct, likely raising administrative and legal costs for government and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Treats any noncitizen who unlawfully votes under federal, state, or local law as inadmissible and deportable, and alters the federal criminal statute on noncitizen voting.
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to strike all exceptions to the circumstances in which it is unlawful for aliens to vote, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 11, 2026 by Eric Burlison · Last progress June 11, 2026
Makes any noncitizen who "has voted in violation of any Federal, State, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation" inadmissible to the United States and removable (deportable). It also revises and deletes parts of the existing federal criminal provision on noncitizen voting, expanding federal immigration consequences for unlawful voting as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law. The bill replaces existing language in the immigration inadmissibility and deportability provisions to cover any unlawful voting by an alien and removes or alters text in the federal criminal statute related to noncitizen voting, thereby increasing immigration penalties tied to voting violations regardless of which level of law (federal, state, or local) defines the violation.