GOP and Trump exploit immigration concerns to justify enacting voting restrictions in states like Tennessee

Republicans are focusing on unauthorized immigration as a key issue for the fall, with polls showing it as their strongest point. The party is looking to raise concerns about voting by non-citizens and undocumented individuals. Former President Donald Trump has been vocal about the issue, linking it to voter fraud and restrictive voting rules. Claims of voter fraud by non-citizens are extremely rare, with only 29 possible instances over several decades according to the Heritage Foundation. Republican officials across different states, including Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, have been highlighting the issue and expressing concerns about federal programs that could lead to non-citizen voting. There are ongoing efforts to pass legislation at both the state and federal levels to address non-citizen voting, with some Republicans calling for stricter requirements to prove citizenship when registering to vote. Democrats control the Senate and White House, making it unlikely for such bills to become law. Legal non-citizen voting has a historical precedent in the U.S., but laws allowing this practice have mostly been repealed. Some prominent figures, including Donald Trump, have falsely suggested that Democrats are purposely allowing undocumented immigrants into the country in order to benefit from their votes. The issue of non-citizen voting is likely to remain a contentious topic in the upcoming elections.

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