According to Fox News, almost every House Democrat voted to oppose the measure, which was introduced as part of the Democrat-backed H.R. 1 election reform bill.
House Republicans wanted to add language to the H.R. 1 proposal to state that “allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.”
Federal law already says that only American citizens can vote in federal elections. However, the proposal pointed out that the city of San Francisco currently permits non-citizens, such as illegal immigrants, to sign up for voting in school board elections.
The motion was struck down 228-197, with only six Democrats voting to approve it and one Republican voting against it.
The Democratic opposition marks the party’s increasingly radical position on illegal immigrants over the last few years.
Lauren Fine, a spokeswoman for House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, brought up how an identical proposal was approved by the House last September.
However, as of Friday, 41 more Democrats are now in favor of illegal immigrant voting. The latest vote reveals House Democrats’ concerning lack of interest in applying the rule of law to illegal immigrants.
“These 41 Democrats must now answer to voters why they were against illegal immigrants voting in elections six months ago, but are suddenly in favor of it now,” Fine said.
Later on Friday, the House approved the...
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