Overview

• At an October 2021 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. Yvette Clarke said Brooklyn’s Haitian community could absorb more migrants “just for redistricting purposes.”
• The clip first resurfaced online in January 2024 and reached millions this July, drawing widespread conservative condemnation.
• Commentators such as Kyle Becker accused Democrats of importing voters for partisan gain and labeled the strategy “anti-American.”
• Republicans have leveraged the controversy to revive the SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration and passed the House earlier this year.
• The bill is now pending Senate consideration, and Clarke’s office has not responded to requests for comment on the renewed uproar.