Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday said he would offer an amendment to the Senate immigration bill to counteract a Supreme Court decision striking down state laws requiring voters to prove their citizenship.

Cruz's amendment, which he plans to attach to the bipartisan Gang of Eight bill being debated this week in the Senate, would allow states to require IDs before voters register under the federal "Motor Vehicle" voter registration law.

The high court on Monday overturned an Arizona law requiring people to prove their citizenship if they wanted to register through that law. In a 7-2 vote, the court ruled in the case of Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. that state law was trumped by federal law and Arizona could not require voters to provide additional information.

"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the federal 'motor voter' law preempts Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration," Cruz wrote on his Facebook page on Monday, criticizing the court’s decision. "This hole in federal statutory law allows non-citizens to register and thereby encourages voter fraud.

“I will file a commonsense amendment to the immigration bill that permits states to require I.D. before registering voters," he vowed.

Cruz’s amendment will likely intensify the Senate debate over the immigration reform bill.

Cruz has been a vocal critic of the bill, which provides a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants and tightens border security.

Cruz and other conservative lawmakers have derided those proposals as amnesty and say they will oppose the measure unless more stringent border restrictions are enacted.

Arizona has been on the frontlines of the debate over citizenship and immigration, with the court striking down a state law last year that allowed law enforcement to arrest those they suspected of being illegal immigrants.

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Too much common sense here.

Gosh, I like this guy.

Right here is how a rogue Supreme Court should be slapped down. It is about time someone in Congress started doing their job. God Bless Cruz.

Cruz seems to be the real deal. Which is why - I suppose - the rulingcrats despise him so much.

Mr Cruz ... I believe that I have come up with the perfect solution for those (liberals and lefties) that don't want to get or cannot afford an ID card.

How about we let you go down to the local precinct in your district and pick up a free copy of your rap sheet.

This will carry all pertinent information such as photo, proof of address and anything else that may or may not be required by your local election board.

Please feel free to use this as an addition to your amendment!


Not Earth Shattering but .. Not Bad For My ...