U.S. Elections and Voting Law

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, at a Phoenix news conference, pushed the SAVE America Act — the revised House bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register and a government photo ID to vote (passed the House 218–213) — arguing it will stop noncitizens from deciding elections even as experts say noncitizen voting is extremely rare and critics warn the measures could disenfranchise voters and lead to improper purges. She also defended DHS after an El Paso anti‑drone laser incident she described as a "joint agency task force mission," reaffirmed she remains in charge amid scrutiny, but when asked for Arizona examples of noncitizen voting said she "presumed" it had occurred and could not cite specific cases.