In a city struggling with crime, homelessness, housing costs, and budget headaches, Los Angeles politicians have identified what they apparently consider the real crisis: not enough non-citizens voting in local elections.
According to Just the News [1], the Los Angeles City Council recently voted to place a measure on the November ballot that would allow non-citizens to vote in city and school board elections if voters approve the change. Washington, D.C., already allows noncitizen residents to vote in local elections, and a handful of other progressive cities have followed suit, obviously viewing citizenship as a guideline instead of a prerequisite.
Supporters of the measure argue that people who live, work and raise families in the city deserve a voice in local government. Opponents argue that voting is one of the defining privileges of citizenship and should remain that way.
In the motion, they specifically complain about Trump and their inability to stop him from his immigrant enforcement actions – but that under their charter, they can “enfranchise” and “empower” their immigrant population.
The proposal is being championed by Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez, who says many longtime residents are affected by city policies despite lacking voting rights. The measure would apply to local races, not state or federal elections.
Critics see it differently. To them, this is another example of progressive politicians redefining long- standing civic norms. Their argument is simple: if citizenship isn’t required for voting, what exactly is citizenship for?
“Come one, come all,” say the leftists. The whole reason the Democrats spend so much time and money helping illegal aliens cross the border is to get votes and be in power indefinitely. This gets them one step closer to that.
The City Council says that the proposal would cover a wide range of non-citizens who they consider to have “legal” status, including DACA recipients, Temporary Protected Status holders, and “lawful permanent residents.” But these are NOT citizens. They are foreigners, no matter how long they’ve lived in America. And ultimately, the council will be the ones to define which specific groups that can vote. In their motion, they say that there are 1.35 million folks in immigrant communities – that’s a lot of Democratic votes.
If the measure passes, that means voting rights will be extended to many of the illegal aliens who poured into the country during the Biden administration and later received temporary legal protections such as TPS. It was “marketed” as a humanitarian safety valve but became (purposely) a revolving door, with temporary programs stretched, expanded, and reinterpreted to accommodate ever-larger numbers of arrivals. The long-term plan is obvious: today’s “temporary” residents are tomorrow’s Democratic voters.