We may very well decide on humanitarian grounds, that we must allow some of the people who have come here in violation of the law and who have stayed here in violation of the law, and who have worked here in violation of the law, to have some legal status to live and work here. We DO NOT OWE THEM ANYTHING ELSE! And we especially do not owe them the right to vote.
If we grant such people the vote, we would be MAKING A GRAVE MISTAKE if only because the law must mean something of value to those we allow to vote on who will be in office. The challenge will be to prevent some future Congress from caving on this point.
Why? Because they’re good at Hine n Seek?
What "humanitarian grounds?"
We DO NOT OWE THEM ANYTHING ELSE! And we especially do not owe them the right to vote.
WE DO NOT OWE THEM ANYTHING PERIOD. Allowing them to stay and work here, the object of their crimes, is amnesty. Conferring rights and privileges upon illegal aliens has a corrosive effect on the Rule of Law, the very foundation of our Republic. It is also a slap in the face to legal immigrants who have followed the rules and obeyed the laws. There are over 4 million intending immigrants waiting overseas for their turn to enter this country. They have completed all the paperwork, got the required background checks and physicals, etc. Allowing the lawbreakers to get to the head of the line is abhorrent. When you reward something, you get more of it.
We had a "one-time" amnesty in 1986. The USG estimated 1 million would apply, but the true number turned out to be 2.7 million. The process was rife with fraud.
The focus on the right to vote distracts from the fact that we are granting these people amnesty. Citizenship and the right to vote is just the cherry on top. Our focus should be on amnesty. Once they are legalized, everyone knows they will eventually be given the right to vote. The Dems will use "second class citizenship" as a club against the Reps until they surrender once again. And no doubt, the courts will make it happen.