Justin Amash Votes in Support of Illegal Immigrant’s Right To Vote

[Swordsmyth]

Justin Amash Votes in Support of Illegal Immigrant’s Right To Vote

Michigan House Representative Justin Amash was the sole Republican to vote against legislation saying that allowing illegal immigrants to vote takes power away from American citizens.
Today the U.S. House defeated a move that would have expressed “the sense of Congress that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.”
The legislation was defeated nearly along party lines, with six Democrats voting in favor, and Rep. Justin Amash voting against it.

More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/princ...-support-of-illegal-immigrants-right-to-vote/

 

[jkr]

WTF?

 

[timosman]

https://web.archive.org/web/2010101.../political-points-hannity-told-me-not-to-come

Justin Amash, of Palestinian and Syrian descent

 

[PursuePeace]

WTF?

Ditto.

Amash: I defend #liberty and explain every vote on Facebook.

I'm not seeing the explanation yet.

 

[Superfluous Man]

I don't know what reasons he'll give for this. But I have seen Amash in the past refuse to play these games where Congress passes meaningless nonbinding resolutions like this.

But also, just considering the intent behind it, it seems like it was designed to castigate localities allowing undocumented immigrants to vote in school board elections, and things like that, in response to San Francisco doing that. If this were an actual law threatening federal action against those localities to stop them from being able to their own laws in matters like that, forcing them instead to let the federal government decide their local laws for them, then it would be wrong to support that law. Amash may be showing that he takes that position by also voting against this nonbinding resolution. And I think it's noteworthy that all these tough sounding Republicans who want to portray themselves as immigration hawks by voting for this nonbinding resolution didn't choose to go that route instead and actually try to pass a real law.

Again, I can't speak for Amash, but I admire giving the middle finger to all those symbolism-before-substance Republican do-nothings.

 

[Superfluous Man]

I can't find the actual text of the resolution in question. The roll-call was for a motion to recommit with instructions, supposedly for the purpose of adding an amendment with that resolution, but there was no vote on the amendment itself. So I'm not sure if the text of the resolution is even available anywhere official. If someone can find it, and explain how they got to it, that would be great.

But, in looking for it, I saw that a similar (if not identical) resolution was already passed last fall. And Amash voted against that one too. Interestingly, and not surprisingly, that previous resolution passed overwhelmingly and received yea votes from a whole slew of Democrats who voted with their party against this motion to recommit.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/1071/text

 

[acptulsa]

WTF?

It's meaningless "Sense if the Congress" jack off posturing, and Amash is clearly not prepared to say the Congress has any sense.

*yawn*

 

[Brian4Liberty]

It’s purely a posturing and virtue signaling vote. Apparently it worked by getting most Democrats to reverse their vote from the previous time it came up. Abstaining from these votes would be perfectly reasonable.

 

[Sammy]

Our country is going to hell...

 

[Swordsmyth]

I don't know what reasons he'll give for this. But I have seen Amash in the past refuse to play these games where Congress passes meaningless nonbinding resolutions like this.

But also, just considering the intent behind it, it seems like it was designed to castigate localities allowing undocumented immigrants to vote in school board elections, and things like that, in response to San Francisco doing that. If this were an actual law threatening federal action against those localities to stop them from being able to their own laws in matters like that, forcing them instead to let the federal government decide their local laws for them, then it would be wrong to support that law. Amash may be showing that he takes that position by also voting against this nonbinding resolution. And I think it's noteworthy that all these tough sounding Republicans who want to portray themselves as immigration hawks by voting for this nonbinding resolution didn't choose to go that route instead and actually try to pass a real law.

Again, I can't speak for Amash, but I admire giving the middle finger to all those symbolism-before-substance Republican do-nothings.

Maybe the Republicans are right to condemn this garbage but also right not to interfere in what is a state or local issue.

Amash is wrong.

 

[TheTexan]

Voting is a god-given right given to every American.

If illegals want the right to vote they should earn it the same way all of us did: by being born here.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Voting is a god-given right given to every American.

If illegals want the right to vote they should earn it the same way all of us did: by being born here.

They can vote in their home countries or they can follow our rules about how to get citizenship.

 

[Stratovarious]

They can vote in their home countries or they can follow our rules about how to get citizenship.

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[TheTexan]

They can vote in their home countries or they can follow our rules about how to get citizenship.

Without rules, it would be just anarchy.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Without rules, it would be just anarchy.

Which would be replaced by tyranny.

 

[TheTexan]

Which would be replaced by tyranny.

Is it not the same thing?

 

[Swordsmyth]

Is it not the same thing?

As what?

 

[Stratovarious]

Is it not the same thing?

Not really, but it will eventually lead to that, people will be looking for 'protection' .

 

[Stratovarious]

Not really, but it will eventually lead to that, people will be looking for 'protection' .

Security for Freedom, what's the saying , ''....they will get nor deserve neither'' , I think it might have been
Benji, someone like that/

 

[acptulsa]

Amash is wrong.

Amash is not wrong to refuse to play when Congress commences wasting time posturing.