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Although illegal immigrants do not have legal permanent status in the country, locally they have a significant presence in the city's economy and job market.As former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg explained, “Although [illegal aliens] broke the law by illegally crossing our borders or over-staying their visas and our businesses broke the law by employing them, our city’s economy ...
New York City passed 2021 legislation that would have allowed some immigrants to vote in municipal elections. The law never took effect.
A proposed referendum on New York’s ballot aimed at protecting abortion rights could give illegal migrants the right to vote, according to a lawyer spearheading opposition to it.
"The border is broken. New York is paying the price. And Proposal 1 would make it worse," the narrator warns in the 30-second ad, paid for by the Vote No on Prop 1 Committee.
Out of 12 people on probation for a felony who were charged with illegal voting in Alamance County, North Carolina in 2016, five stated in separate interviews with The New York Times that they had thought they were allowed to vote. [179] At least seven pled down to misdemeanors.
In 2021, New York City passed a law allowing legal immigrants the right to vote in city and borough elections. [79] This law was struck down in June 2022 as violating the New York State constitution, preventing it from going into effect. [80] An appeals court upheld that decision in February 2024, though the city planned to appeal further. [81]
In 2022, a judge in New York ruled that a New York City law allowing noncitizen voting violated the state’s constitution. According to Schultz, political parties might even legally allow ...
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