Should legal and illegal immigrants be allowed to vote? For practical reasons, the answer to that question should be yes. Many, if not most, undocumented immigrants function in their day-to-day lives as citizens. They pay many forms of taxes. They send their kids, who are probably citizens, to school with the rest of us. They have jobs, and are subject to the same market forces that the government takes an interest in optimizing and regulating. In short, representatives make laws that affect everyone living in their district that do not pay attention to citizenship.
Ever since the founding of the United States, immigration laws have been created, reformed, dismantled, and recreated. These laws were made for the immigration needs there were at that time, and often represent the political statements of public’s perceptions, which have gone back and forth between favorable and hostile.
In 2015, there were about 41 million immigrants in our country, probably more. The Total US population is about 324 million people. When you say no to immigrants, you are saying no to an eighth of our population. If you let immigrants vote there are more people who get a say and thus the election outcome is …show more content…
It also says that 1 out of 3 (35%) believes that immigrants should be allowed to vote.
People are taking sides on this issue and I believe that immigrants should be allowed to vote. The democrats believe they should vote and like I said before, a third of this population (nNot iIncluding iImmigrants) believe they should vote.
You may say that they are diluting citizens votes. You forget about how they have new views. The “Citizen’s” votes are maybe not very good. If we have new views on things, people will see how 41 million votes can change things. 41 million is a very big number. That would completely change the
Ever since the founding of the United States, immigration laws have been created, reformed, dismantled, and recreated. These laws were made for the immigration needs there were at that time, and often represent the political statements of public’s perceptions, which have gone back and forth between favorable and hostile.
In 2015, there were about 41 million immigrants in our country, probably more. The Total US population is about 324 million people. When you say no to immigrants, you are saying no to an eighth of our population. If you let immigrants vote there are more people who get a say and thus the election outcome is …show more content…
It also says that 1 out of 3 (35%) believes that immigrants should be allowed to vote.
People are taking sides on this issue and I believe that immigrants should be allowed to vote. The democrats believe they should vote and like I said before, a third of this population (nNot iIncluding iImmigrants) believe they should vote.
You may say that they are diluting citizens votes. You forget about how they have new views. The “Citizen’s” votes are maybe not very good. If we have new views on things, people will see how 41 million votes can change things. 41 million is a very big number. That would completely change the