Only Citizens Vote bus tour heads north

For the past two weeks, the Immigration Accountability Project has joined Tea Party Patriots on its nationwide bus tour to demand passage of legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. 

The SAVE Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in the House and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) in the Senate, would also require states to establish a program to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls. The House approved the SAVE Act earlier this year, but the Senate has yet to bring it to the floor for the vote. 

On Monday, we were on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, joined by several members of the Louisiana State Freedom Caucus. The bus tour then made its way through the Southeast with stops in Montgomery, AL, Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, and Raleigh, NC. It heads to the Rust Belt over Labor Day weekend where it will begin its last stretch with a final stop on September 10 in Washington, DC.

IAP’s co-founder and Director of Policy Rosemary Jenks will join the tour next Thursday in Cranberry, PA. Here’s a list of scheduled stops for next week (all times are local):

Sept. 1, 2025, 12:00 PM
Kenosha, WI
Rivals Sports Pub & Grille
RSVP

Sept. 2, 2025, 4:00 PM
Orland Park, IL
Crescent Park
RSVP

Sept. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Lansing, MI
Michigan State Capitol
RSVP

Sept. 3, 2025, 4:00 PM
Holland, OH
Lucas County GOP Headquarters
RSVP

Sept. 4, 2025, 12:00 PM
Cranberry, PA
North Boundary Park
RSVP

Sept. 5, 2025, 10:00 AM
Harrisburg, PA
Heroes Grove 
RSVP

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Next Week

The House and Senate will return after a long August recess following Labor Day. All eyes on Capitol Hill will be on the approaching September 30th deadline, when Congress will need to fund the government.