If they are illegal they have broken federal law and should not vote. If they are legal residents then they should be able to vote. Pretty simple I think.
Democrat Jerry Nadler Admits on Camera Open Borders are to turn migrants into Voters
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Good grief. We still have age and residency requirements. And we still have rules about legal entry into the country.
The idea that people can just stream across the border and vote for the city council of the town they land in the next day is GOP hysteria on display.
Nobody is suggesting nonsense like that.
When the only way to defend your anti-democratic position is to invent stupid scenarios that nobody advocates, you probably need to reexamine your position.
I see, so you wouldn't allow them to vote on day one of their newly acquired residency,... When could they vote, day two?
Again, who cares?
Is someone here suggesting we should implement Mexico's election laws here?
States already have residency requirements for voting. Follow them, or modify them if people think that's needed.
Why do you think this would be a big deal?
Actually, immigrants can be naturalized within that time-frame, if they follow our laws and pay the $600+ fee to apply for citizenship.
Every been to a naturalization ceremony, Cletus? I have.
Who? And what's their argument?
For all I know, Mexico might have some good laws worth thinking about. But I don't really care. Why should I?
Good ideas stand on their own, not on their nationality.
Because it's a step in the wrong direction,.. which makes it easier to continue down a bad path.
No Joe, I nevery have been,.. but not surprised that you have, since you've done everything.
How on Earth is it "a step in the wrong direction" to let people vote where they live?
Please try to justify that.
Denying people the right to participate in choosing their own government where they reside is the true slippery slope.
WWJD is heavily indoctrinated, blind to reason, and intentionally obtuse.
He’s lost.
Some of us favor democracy. Some don't.
What some here seem to have forgotten is the point of democracy. Which is that people should be able to choose their own government and participate in their own governance.
A key phrase in that formulation is "their own." If I live in Memphis, my own government is that of Memphis. If you live in Dallas, your own government is not Memphis.
That's why I get to vote in Memphis elections, and you don't.
Why is this hard for some people to understand?
Dems looking to do the same thing they did with ronald raegen. Never forget how they lied through their teeth, did not live up to what they promised, and permanently shifted California to a permanent blue state from a red state prior to opening up citizenship to illegals. Same exact plan by the same morally bankrupt party.
California cannot "open up citizenship to illegals", because California has no say in federal immigration/naturalization laws, idiot.
Lol at any right winger whining about the sanctity of the vote or border security. The GOP has refused to address the issue for decades. They're simply upset that the brown people will likely not vote for them and they'll lose elections. That's it.
It's not their government,.. they are not citizens.
That's white 'Merican citizens breaking (far more serious) laws.
Totally different, yo.
Including the two wolves and a sheep kind…
I reject that form of democracy, especially when someone wants more wolves to jump the fence and have their own ‘vote’ too.
Why do you people waste your time arguing a point with a paid propagandist? At least if I troll I just do it for my own kicks...not because some jackass is paying me.
Notice he does not deny it.
Notice he does not deny it.
Ummmm...that person would be, you know, a citizen. Don't like it? Change the Constitution.
No one advocates for this.
It's all GOP propaganda that you're too dumb to recognize.
I'm okay with the current arrangement,.. I just like to point out the 18.75 year time frame to build a voter, when people claim that illegal immigration has zero impact on voting in this country.
Again: it's far shorter than this for legally naturalized immigrants.
If only "original" residents of America and their descendants could legally vote today, you would likely not be eligible.
They are here legally an are paying taxes. They are not voting in federal elections and the states have the right to run their own elections. You just buy the far right narrative. You always have.
Sounds like the GOP has 18 years to figure out how to earn the vote of those citizens then.
But they haven't figured that out in 30+ years, so I doubt that changes in the next 18.
I'm sure you call out every poster that uses pandemic years to compare statistics on this board.
I assume you are a person paid just to push Nikole Hannah-Jones narrative on forums, does it pay well?
Hard to become a citizen when you leave. Do you believe that you should have a say in how your local tax dollars are spent?
