Democrats’ dream of letting non-citizens vote just hit a wall.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to repeal Washington, D.C.’s radical 2022 law that allowed non-citizens—including green card holders and illegal aliens—to vote in local elections. The bill, H.R. 884, passed with a 266-148 vote, with 56 Democrats joining Republicans to reject the dangerous scheme.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), directly targets the D.C. Council’s so-called Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act. That local law gave non-citizens—including foreign nationals and even foreign agents—the power to vote for mayor, city council, and attorney general.
Pfluger didn’t mince words. “Anyone who voted against my bill voted for the transfer of political power away from legal voters,” he said. “The radical D.C. Council decided to allow noncitizens—including illegal aliens and foreign agents—to vote in local elections.”
The law would have let roughly 90,000 non-citizens in the District of Columbia have a say in local government—diluting the voices of American citizens and undermining the democratic process. The House vote is a direct rebuke of the left’s ongoing efforts to erode the integrity of U.S. elections.
D.C. has long been a sanctuary jurisdiction, refusing to cooperate with ICE and protecting illegal immigrants from deportation. Now, that same city tried to hand them a ballot.
But with President Donald Trump back in the White House and Republicans controlling Congress, the pushback has begun. And it’s not just symbolic.
In March, President Trump signed Executive Order 14248—Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The order strengthens safeguards against fraud, foreign interference, and systemic vulnerabilities.
Two months later, the administration announced a partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify immigration and citizenship status—ensuring non-citizens are kept off voter rolls.
That effort comes alongside the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, another Republican bill that passed the House in May. It requires proof of citizenship to register for any federal election and mandates state officials purge non-citizens from existing voter rolls.
Only four House Democrats voted for that bill.
What the Trump administration is building is a nationwide wall around the ballot box—one that protects the vote of every American citizen from being diluted by foreign nationals who have no legal right to decide our future.
The passage of H.R. 884 is just the latest win.
Democrats have long relied on immigration-driven demographic changes to bolster their electoral fortunes. In 2022, two authors from the Progressive Policy Institute openly admitted the plan: use mass migration to create a permanent progressive voting bloc by fusing new immigrants with traditional minority voters.
But the American people—and now even legal immigrants—are pushing back.
The Trump administration is drawing a clear line: voting is not a global right—it’s an American one. No more illegal ballots. No more backdoor power grabs. And no more tolerance for cities like D.C. rewriting the rules.
This is what restoring law and order to the electoral process looks like. And the momentum is only building.
