Opinion | San Francisco law allowing foreigners to vote dilutes Black citizens’ voices WashTimesOpEd
Citizenship should mean something. Many foreigners spent years coming to our country and achieving citizenship status. Along with citizenship came responsibilities and the cherished right to vote.
Even worse, these cities are diminishing the voting strength of Black Americans who spent more than a century fighting to secure the right to vote. From the Civil War and Reconstruction to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Black Americans fought to have the ability to have their voices heard at the ballot box. Now, Black Americans are having to fight again to stop a voting block of foreign nationals from diluting their political strength.
For example, a Black Los Angeles City Council member, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, has stated on the record that there is “a concerted effort to dilute the strength of Black voters” and that he “did not expect that level of Black voter suppression in Los Angeles.” That is why I am filing an amicus curiae brief to support the striking down of San Francisco’s foreigner voting bill.
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