{"id":74667,"date":"2017-09-13T15:33:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=74667"},"modified":"2017-09-13T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T19:33:50","slug":"college-park-md-votes-to-allow-illegal-immigrants-the-right-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=74667","title":{"rendered":"College Park, MD votes to allow illegal immigrants the right to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Fox5DC<\/a>, after a brief comment period, the city council of College Park, Maryland voted to allow illegal immigrants the right to vote in local elections. <\/p>\n

One man against the proposal came to the podium saying he was called a Nazi while waiting in line to voice his opinion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, that’s considered rational debate these days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is allowing all people to vote in municipal elections is going to make College Park more inclusive, and that has been the history of voting rights expansion in the United States and what has happened in our neighbors in Maryland who have expanded voting rights to non-U.S. citizens,\u201d said Todd Larson, who is in favor of the proposal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inclusive. That’s a goal. Include people in the election process who are breaking the law by their very presence here.<\/p>\n

Later into the meeting, a council member proposed a new amendment that would only allow green card holders to vote and exclude undocumented immigrants. However, the vote on the green card amendment failed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, the city council made a conscious decision to give the vote to people who are in this county illegally.<\/p>\n

It seems to me that if the council were doing what the people of College Park wanted them to do, they’d put the issue to a referendum instead of ramming it down their throats.<\/p>\n