Donald Trump stayed up late on Monday night into Tuesday morning, launching a tirade on Truth Social about the lack of progress on the passage of the SAVE Act.
“Democrats are desperate to keep illegals, no matter how bad or dangerous they me be, in the Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, presumably meaning “may” and not “me.”
“They want them to VOTE! That’s why they are fighting so hard to neutralize ICE. We will fight them all the way, and WIN!”
The rant was posted to Truth Social at 1:48 a.m.
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Per The Daily Beast, the legislative priority remains unlikely to get through Congress this year, as “as it stands, the SAVE Act has virtually no chance of clearing the Senate,” because it lacks support to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
Republicans will lose power—likely for a long time—if we don’t get SAVE America passed
This shouldn’t be hard
It is, but failure cannot be an option https://t.co/uCU7UQHwx9
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 14, 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has made clear that he is not willing to get rid of the filibuster just to pass the bill. He has proposed instead a reconciliation bill that would also include “portions” of the SAVE Act.
“The extremely rare issue of non-U.S. citizens voting in federal elections is one reason Trump has been desperately pushing the Senate to pass the ‘Safeguard American Voter Eligibility’ Act,” the Beast said. “The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and would largely eliminate mail-in ballots in elections. The legislation also calls for banning transgender women from women’s sports and prohibiting gender-affirming surgeries for minors.”
