In legislation and lawsuits, Republicans are backing efforts to prevent voting by noncitizens. The issue fuses GOP concerns about voting and immigration. But critics note that noncitizens are already barred from voting in federal elections.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : The broadest bill, the American Confidence in Elections Act, is sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.
61% : Before his recent rally in Wisconsin, Trump said he won Wisconsin in 2020.
55% : And a third bill would require the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to respond to requests from election officials who seek to verify the citizenship of voters in their state.
52% : Voting for local elections is held on a separate ballot and location from state and federal elections.
51% : Republicans in Congress, with a boost from Trump, are pushing for lawmakers to pass a ban on noncitizen voting.
49% : "Congress has a role with regard to federal elections," Johnson said April 12, before his meeting with Trump.
48% : "There is no basis for thinking these folks would be voting in state elections," Carpenter said.
32% : Trump said in January that Democrats are allowing immigrants illegally in the country "to come in -- people that don't speak our language -- they are signing them up to vote.
28% : Trump said in January that Democrats "used COVID to cheat" in the 2020 election.
26% : "Trump didn't directly identify who "they" are, but in his preceding comments, he talked about people who "cheat on an election" -- language he often uses to talk about Democrats.
26% : Trump has made other statements that distort the outcome of elections.
22% : Trump has made false claims about noncitizens voting stretching back to 2014, and his 2016 presidential race.
21% : A probe led by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman -- who has aligned with Trump and promoted his false claims -- turned up no evidence the election was incorrectly called.
21% : In a March speech in Greensboro, North Carolina, Trump falsely said, "82% of the country understands that it was a rigged election."
20% : So far this year, Trump, entrepreneur Elon Musk and social media influencers have spread statements that create a false impression that noncitizens' voting or their voter registration is rampant.
20% : Trump is free to disagree with these changes, but he is wrong to characterize them as cheating.
17% : Their joint appearance comes as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has called for Johnson's ouster for working too closely with Democrats, and as Trump continues to make securing the border a key argument for his return to the White House.
16% : As he campaigns in 2024, Trump has repeatedly made false and ridiculous statements about the 2020 election.

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