Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act represents “Jim Crow” segregation laws because it would require states to obtain proof of citizenship in person when people register to vote.

“I have said it before, and I’ll say it again, the SAVE Act would impose Jim Crow-type laws to the entire country,” Schumer said. It marks the second time in five years that Democrats have mounted fierce opposition to voter identification requirements, echoing the backlash from Democrats, much of the press, and corporate America after Georgia passed its own voter ID law.