{"id":2251562,"date":"2024-05-23T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-house-democrats-vote-against-barring-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-in-d-c-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:52:52","slug":"majority-of-house-democrats-vote-against-barring-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-in-d-c-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-house-democrats-vote-against-barring-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-in-d-c-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Most House Democrats Oppose Blocking Illegal Immigrants from Voting in D.C. Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajority-of-house-democrats-vote-against-barring-illegal-immigrants-from-voting-in-d-c-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The majority of House Democrats voted against a \u2062bill to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-strip-gop-amendments-in-passing-budget-resolution\/\" title=\"Democrats Strip GOP Amendments in Passing Budget Resolution\">prevent illegal immigrants<\/a> from voting in Washington D.C. municipal elections. Despite the opposition, the legislation passed in the House by a vote of 262-143, with Republicans and some Democrats supporting it. This move came in response to a decision by the D.C. Council allowing noncitizens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-dc-city-council-gives-initial-approval-to-bill-that-would-allow-non-citizens-to-vote\/\" title=\"Washington, DC City Council Gives Initial Approval to Bill That Would Allow Non-Citizens to Vote\">including illegal immigrants<\/a>, \u2062to\u2064 vote in local elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Democrats<\/a> voted against barring illegal immigrants to vote in Washington D.C. municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Over 140 House Democrats voted against a bill from Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) that would safeguard Washington D.C.\u2019s municipal elections by barring non-citizens like illegal immigrants from voting.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation passed in the House by a vote of 262-143 with every Republican House member and 52 Democrat members voting in favor of the bill. The bill came after the Washington D.C. City Council approved a plan in 2022 to allow foreign nationals, including illegal immigrants, to vote in D.C.\u2019s municipal elections as long as they had resided in the district for at least 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree and fair elections are a prerequisite for a healthy republic,\u201d Rep. Fluger said in <a href=\"https:\/\/pfluger.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defense<\/a> of his bill. \u201cThe radical D.C. Council decision to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-fresh-evidence-bidens-using-your-tax-dollars-to-turn-out-democrat-votes-in-2024\/\" title=\"New proof: Biden employs taxpayer funds for Democrat turnout in 2024\">noncitizens \u2014 including illegal aliens<\/a> and foreign agents \u2014 to vote in elections dilutes the voting power of the citizen voter,\u201d the Republican representative went on to add. \u201cMy legislation restores the sanctity of the voting process and ensures that only American citizens are voting in our Nation\u2019s capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Illegal immigrants are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/sf-school-board-non-citizen-voting-upheld-proposition-n-california-court-of-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">able to vote<\/a> in school board elections in San Francisco, and there has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/sj-non-citizens-voting-san-jose-local-elections-can-vote-in\/12159875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerted effort<\/a> to allow illegal immigrants to vote in the neighboring city of San Jose, California. Municipalities in Vermont and Maryland have also <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Laws_permitting_noncitizens_to_vote_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adopted policies<\/a> that allow noncitizens and, in many cases, illegal immigrants, to vote in elections.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Public figures like Elon Musk have warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-sheriffs-call-on-biden-to-finish-trumps-border-wall-stop-gangs-guns-dangerous-drugs-entering-u-s\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Sheriffs Call On Biden To Finish Trump\u2019s Border Wall, Stop \u2018Gangs, Guns, Dangerous Drugs\u2019 Entering U.S.\">mass illegal immigration<\/a> could have significant electoral consequences, with Democrats attempting to \u201cget as many illegals in the country as possible\u201d so they can \u201clegalize them to create a permanent majority \u2014 a one-party state.\u201d But even without amnesty, illegal immigrants are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/topics\/public-sector\/congressional-apportionment\/about\/faqs.html\">counted<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"Senator Kennedy questions Secretary Mayorkas on how illegal immigration affects elections in the United States\">official census figures<\/a>, which are used to apportion congressional districts and electoral college votes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden\u2019s strategy is very simple:<\/p>\n<p>1. Get as many illegals in the country as possible.<\/p>\n<p>2. Legalize them to create a permanent majority \u2013 a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>That is why they are encouraging so much illegal immigration. Simple, yet effective. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9M5ypUOQB\">pic.twitter.com\/B9M5ypUOQB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1753590787130994745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2959294\/voters-illegal-immigration-biden-secret-permanent-majority\/\">Polling data<\/a> has also found that a majority of likely voters, 57 percent, seem to agree with Musk and believe that President Joe Biden is allowing a surge of mass illegal immigration in order to establish a permanent Democratic majority.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat incumbent has presided over an unprecedented border crisis, with officials recording over 9.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\">nationwide encounters<\/a> and 1.7 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report\">estimated illegal immigrant gotaways<\/a> since the Democrat took office. There were only 445,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a decisive move, most House Democrats opposed a bill preventing illegal immigrants from voting in Washington D.C. municipal elections. Representative August Pfluger&#8217;s proposed legislation aimed to safeguard the integrity of D.C.&#8217;s elections by prohibiting non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, from voting. Despite this, the bill passed successfully in the House with over 140 Democrats voting against it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"featured_media":2251563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-520453494-scaled-e1715180620405.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-520453494-scaled-e1715180620405.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}