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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A06454Requires the state board of elections to participate in the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program, administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services agency, to verify that a person who is either registered or registering to vote is a United States citizen.
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Requires the state board of elections to participate in the federal SAVE program and share voter registration data with USCIS to verify citizenship, so more state-federal cooperation on immigration enforcement.
The state board of elections shall participate in the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program, administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services agency, to verify that a person who is either registered or registering to vote is a United States citizen.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill requires state election officials to join a federal immigration verification program (SAVE) and explicitly authorizes sharing of voter data with USCIS to check citizenship status. This is a clear expansion of state-federal cooperation in immigration enforcement. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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