AFPI Hispanic Leadership Coalition Urges Senate to Pass SAVE America Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Hispanic Leadership Coalition sent a letter to the U.S. Senate this week, signed by fifteen of its members, urging the passage of the SAVE America Act. The coalition highlights overwhelming support from Hispanic voters for voter ID requirements, citing an approval rate of 82 percent. The letter also notes that Puerto Rico, with a 99 percent Hispanic population, requires voters to present identification to vote.

“The suggestion that this requirement would disproportionately affect minorities is not only unsupported by facts, but is condescending,” said Alfonso Aguilar, director of AFPI’s Hispanic Leadership Coalition. “Hispanics are tired of being treated as citizens who are incapable of fulfilling our civic duty.”

Election security is national security. Every fraudulent or ineligible vote cast is one American voice silenced—and that is simply unacceptable. AFPI supports commonsense election security measures, like voter ID requirements, to protect the integrity of every American’s vote.