There is no way to politely say this. You are simply wrong. Immigrants can't vote until and unless they become naturalized citizens.
A person may be an immigrant (legal or illegal) or they may be a citizen but they can't be both. When an immigrant becomes a citizen, they cease being an immigrant.
Citizens can be recent immigrants but they aren't immigrants.
Posting 12 replies based on ignorance of US code is not helping this forum or its membership. Take a few minutes to look up the code sections and the definition of immigrant, as it applies to this matter, and then rejoin the discussion and contribute.
Please.
Non sequitur.
As I have stated in multiple posts, the fact that someone is an immigrant and their current citizenship status are two totally separate legal issues.
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FROM POST 38:
.....the adjectives deal with place of birth and citizenship status that are separate legal issues and can yield several different combinations of legal status.
Immigrant + illegal entry = Illegal Alien not eligible to vote
Immigrant + legal entry = Resident Alien not eligible to vote
Immigrant + legal entry or amnesty + naturalization = U.S. citizen eligible to vote after age 18 but not eligible to be President of the United States
Native born = U.S. citizen eligible to vote after age 18 and eligible to be President of the United States
The only "types of persons" that are "distinct" and mutually exclusive are "native born" and "illegal".
The Immigrant, however, can be anything from an illegal alien not eligible to vote to a legal resident not eligible to vote to a U.S. Senator or a Governor of California eligible to vote but not eligible to become President of the United States.
38 posted on 10/21/2006 10:02:19 AM PDT by Polybius