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Report: New York City may allow amnestied illegal immigrants to vote
Breitbart ^ | 9 May 2013 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 05/11/2013 12:57:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

New York City may soon allow non-citizens, including illegal immigrants who would be granted amnesty if the Senate's immigration reform bill passes Congress, to vote in elections.

According to Talking Points Memo, the New York City Council is currently considering a proposal that would allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. Even though Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly opposes the proposal, TPM reports that the New York City Council “appears to have a veto-proof majority” so it could make the proposal law without Bloomberg’s support.

Queens College professor Ron Hayduk, a supporter of the proposal who helped craft it, told TPM that this proposal is likely to influence the national immigration debate, too, as pro-amnesty factions are likely to support it.

“It would send a big message to the rest of the country and embolden campaigns which are ongoing in other places like San Francisco, and Portland, Maine, and Washington, D.C., and other places,” Hayduk said. “It would certainly be viewed favorably by immigrants’ rights advocates and be seen by other policy makers as another level of discussion about the whole business of the role of immigrants in the United States.”

If the Senate immigration bill passes Congress and the New York City Council passes its proposal, illegal immigrants in the city would likely be allowed to vote because the immigration reform bill makes illegal immigrants legal almost immediately upon passage.

Protecting American citizens’ votes is a major concern of many in this debate. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made “secure the vote” one of his top three priorities in any immigration package.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: US: New York
KEYWORDS: again; illegals; illegalsvote; newyorkcity; nyc; vote
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1 posted on 05/11/2013 12:57:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I expect this will have the opposite effect on pending legislation that Herr Doktor Professor Haydek says.....


3 posted on 05/11/2013 1:00:06 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: SeekAndFind

4 posted on 05/11/2013 1:00:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Big Apple will become the Rotten Apple and will be worse than Detroit.


5 posted on 05/11/2013 1:02:00 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SeekAndFind
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NYC = Frisco East

6 posted on 05/11/2013 1:03:39 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: SeekAndFind

NO AMNESTY!! TRAITORS MCCAIN, GRAHAM, RUBIO, FLAKE, et al, blow it out your ear!!


7 posted on 05/11/2013 1:07:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

There seems to be a growing number of mentally ill officials in government with each passing day.


8 posted on 05/11/2013 1:08:10 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: SeekAndFind

only if they vote for THE RIGHT PEOPLE


9 posted on 05/11/2013 1:08:19 PM PDT by molson209
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To: SeekAndFind

Not sure if there ia anyone or anything to stop them.


10 posted on 05/11/2013 1:11:51 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: SeekAndFind

Who cares what NYC does? 80% of New Yorkers are complete idiots and a good portion of the rest are immoral scum.


11 posted on 05/11/2013 1:13:13 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

New York may not like the results...let them do it.


12 posted on 05/11/2013 1:13:41 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends





LEGAL Immigration is the ONLY way - the AMERICAN way!

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13 posted on 05/11/2013 1:14:16 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’M SHOCKED! /s Isn’t that why the Dems are pushing amnesty and the reason why 0bama is allowing illegal aliens to storm across our borders as we speak?


14 posted on 05/11/2013 1:21:04 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: Irenic

Let the Catholic Church go full-turbo now on getting Latino Catholics back into the church. Let’s see how fast the locals jump to erase this measure. The Catholic Church is the wildcard in this whole thing...if they’d just recruit and bring young Latino priests into the inner city area....they’d change the whole dynamic.


15 posted on 05/11/2013 1:46:39 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: SeekAndFind

Dems foster voter fraud in elections
Dems want illegals to vote in elections
Dems want felons to vote in elections

Anyone see a pattern here?


16 posted on 05/11/2013 1:53:00 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: pepsionice
There are an awful lot of leftist Catholics in the Americas. Hell, nearly all of the Catholics I know voted for 0bama. Twice. I know that's merely anecdotal, and maybe it's different in Virginia, but out here in my undisclosed locale the Catholic vote is a very dependable Democrat vote. I don't think this will end the way you are hoping.
17 posted on 05/11/2013 2:08:32 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Someone could file suit when and if this happens to throw out ALL the lawless NYC ballots.


18 posted on 05/11/2013 2:11:58 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank an Amnesty Liberal Republican for this nonsense


19 posted on 05/11/2013 2:12:54 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (GOP - Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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To: freedomfiter2
Who cares what NYC does? 80% of New Yorkers are complete idiots and a good portion of the rest are immoral scum.

Just use the word Yankee or even better: damn Yankee, it is cleaner and quicker.

20 posted on 05/11/2013 2:15:18 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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