A resident alien (legal or otherwise) is using resources (such as
educational, infrastructure, police and fire protection, and more) and
should be paying their share of the costs of providing these services just
like any other resident.
Giving resident aliens voting rights is analogous to a hotel guest demanding
their room be repainted in a color more to their liking. The guest must
become an owner of the hotel, with responsibility for what happens to it,
before they can change anything. Similarly, a resident alien should not
have the right to influence the operation of a governmental entity without
having some permanent stake in the results. Citizens are the "owners" of
the country (the politicians often forget this), if a resident alien wishes
to make decisions about the country, they need to become citizens.
Take this to rather paranoid extremes and it could be possible for resident
aliens in some states to become the majority of voters and effectively annex
those states to their country of origin <:^O
(OK , I'll take the aluminum foil hat off now)
--
George Patrick
Tektronix, Inc.
Central Engineering, PCB Design Group
P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
Phone: 503-627-5272 Fax: 503-627-5587
http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com
It's my opinion, not Tektronix'
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cullum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] Nope, I meant "legal immigrants"
Allow me to add the perspective of the other side.
As a LEGAL resident alien, I am not allowed to vote but I am most certainly
taxed on my income.
I think the phrase "taxation without representation" comes to mind.
Perhaps some compromises may work:
- allow legal immigrants to participate as election workers at the polls
(currently this is also a restriction
and we all know after the 2000 "election" that things didn't go quite
right)
- allow legal immigrants to vote at the local level(s) only
More food for thought; thank all for your time.
Craig Cullum, Engineering Technologist, AMTELCO
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 6:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DC] Nope, I meant "legal immigrants"
>
>
> I see... they are fighting for 'non-citizens' to vote. I assumed an
> immigrant was a legalized or naturalized citizen... I did not think to
> include people on workers visas, tourist visas, educational
> visas, etc...
>
>
>
> I stand corrected. And I agree they should not be allowed to
> vote unless
> they are citizens.
>
> Bill Brooks
> PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D., C.I.I.
> Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Burcham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 3:53 PM
> To: (Designers Council Forum); Brooks,Bill
> Subject: Nope, I meant "legal immigrants" [text][html]
>
>
>
> April 19, 2004, 7:11AM
>
>
> Immigrants' voting rights becoming a major issue
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