The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate.
The House voted 218-213 to pass the SAVE America Act, which experts have said could disenfranchise millions by requiring voters to show documentary proof of citizenship at registration and to provide photo ID when they cast ballots.
Republicans have argued for voter ID broadly, pointing out that there isn’t much to prevent a noncitizen from casting a ballot in a federal election — besides the fact that it’s a felony, easily caught, and would lead to deportation all for the chance to cast one out of hundreds of thousands of votes.
You know something that I found provided some context is the American Civil Rights movement began in 1954 and didn’t see the passage of the Civil Rights Act until 1964.
This was a time when people were being murdered over the color of their skin and it took nearly a decade to achieve their goals. Also it wasn’t as nonviolent as reported either.
But you are right things got really bad really fast. I protested at first, but have left my country and live in Europe now. I am only a student and will eventually have to go back, but I figured in 2 years when my masters degree is finished things will have either gotten so bad I can claim assylum or they have gotten better and I can go home.
I didn’t want to risk being drafted into some bullshit war. When I do go back and see family I try to keep involved, but I’m afraid things have gotten too bad to fix. After following the recent ICE shootings, next time I’m back I plan on getting a weapons permit in my state and using it to open carry at protests from now on.