Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.

Bill: 116-hres-295
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-08
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution reaffirms that voting is a fundamental right of citizenship and declares that allowing immigrants not legally in the country the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of U.S. citizens. </p> <p><br /></p>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 295 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2019 Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mrs. Lesko ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.

That the House of Representatives— (1) reaffirms that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens, protected by the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment; and (2) recognizes that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.