Groups worry that limiting paths to citizenship may reduce voter registration efforts

By Ximena Bustillo

Published January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM CST

Each month, thousands of people across the country become U.S. citizens, and that new title comes with a new responsibility: the right to vote.

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Ximena Bustillo

Ximena Bustillo is a multi-platform reporter at NPR covering politics out of the White House and Congress on air and in print.

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