SAVE America Act Has Failsafe to Ensure Enforcement

President Trump has said he won’t sign any other bills until the Save Act passes, but it’s hit a formidable roadblock in the Senate.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Tucked away in the stalled SAVE America Act is a provision meant to ensure that its proof-of-citizenship requirement would be enforced even if future administrations would choose not to.

The bill, which passed the House in February but got stuck in the Senate, would require new voter registrants to present proof of citizenship, such as a passport, a REAL ID, or birth certificate. It’s been much touted by Republicans as a necessary bulwark against voter fraud. Democrats have called it an attempt at voter suppression.