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

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By Ximena Bustillo

Published January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM EST

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 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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