The Santa Ana City Council in Orange County, is once again considering a proposal that would give noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, the right to vote in municipal elections.
The topic took center stage during a recent city council meeting, where Council member Jonathan Hernandez recommended the proposal, according to a report by KTLA.
Hernandez told KTLA: “I do believe that noncitizen voting in local elections is about increasing civic engagement” added that “Taxation without representation is a value that America holds dear. So we want to advance those rights. I believe that non-citizen voting is a step in the right direction.”
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TGP reports: Santa Ana is the second largest city in Orange County and is located 35 miles south of Los Angeles. According to the Vera Institute of Justice in New York, there are 153,900 immigrants reside in Santa Ana, or 46 percent of the total population. 102,000 non-citizens residing in Santa Ana are potentially at risk of deportation.
Meanwhile, 10.7 million immigrants reside in crime-ridden California, or 27 percent of the total population. 5.3 million non-citizens residing in California are potentially at risk of deportation.
Not everyone agrees with this perspective on allowing illegal aliens the right to vote. Critics argue that allowing noncitizens to vote dilutes the value of American citizenship.
More from KTLA:
“If we start allowing noncitizens to vote, even if they’re here legally, we dilute the value of being an American citizen,” said Monica, a local resident.
“I came here legally as a naturalized citizen,” said an O.C. resident identified only as GD. “I had to wait five years and I took the oath for this country. I swore an allegiance to this country, to the Constitution and to the laws. I believe the citizens should be the ones to have the right and the privilege to vote.”
Some who attended the meeting criticized those who were against the measure.
“I love when we have extreme right-wing folks show up to tell you what you shouldn’t do because throughout history we have always had those folks denying the right to vote to many people of color,” said Carlos Perea, a Santa Ana resident.
And look what makes up the council. Brain dead women. More proof that the 19th amendment was a huge mistake.
So unfortunately TRUE
It’s all Hispanic; and prolly illegals themselves or their family members are. They’re corrupt to the core.
I want a full explanation of every illegals background I want an explanation of how many owe in their legal country if origin
Fines
Rents
Utilities
School fees
Medical bills
And personal loans to drug dealers criminal associates etc etc
I want to know how many landlords have lost properties because if tenants knowing they were going to do an illegal entry so simply refused to pay and used every trick to maximise their free tenancy
I want to know all of those details and even more I want to know why
NO BASTARDS ARE NENTIONING ANY OF IT
The Santa Ana City Council are all Hispanic. How many of them are illegals or have family members who are illegals? This is another corrupt local govmt that needs to be removed from power. Californians don’t want illegals to vote; they don’t want illegals in their state. It’s the corrupted cabal creeps who are behind all of this. Thank God, their time is almost up & the day of reckoning is fast approaching.