Senator Katie Britt has joined Sen. Tom Cotton and a bicameral group of colleagues in introducing a joint resolution formally disapproving of the District of Columbia City Council passing legislation allowing illegal immigrants and other non-American citizens to vote in D.C. local elections.
“Voting in our country is a sacred right that must solely be limited to American citizens. This should be simple commonsense,” said Sen. Britt. “Washington, D.C., and every Democrat-run municipality that wants to allow illegal immigrants to vote in local elections, is diluting the value of American citizenship, effectively disenfranchising hardworking American citizens, insulting those American citizens who came to our country legally and took the time and effort to go through the citizenship process, and undermining faith in our entire electoral system – which is a cornerstone of our nation that we cannot allow to crumble. D.C. would even allow official representatives of foreign adversaries to vote in local elections in our nation’s capital when their stated interests run counter to America’s interests. This is a dangerous, illogical policy that Congress has a duty to block.”
“Allowing illegal immigrants and other foreign nationals to vote in our elections, in our capital, is an insult to every American,” said Sen. Cotton. “After years of lamenting so-called ‘foreign interference’ in our elections, every single Democrat ought to join in invalidating this insane policy.”
Rep. James Comer introduced the joint resolution in the House, while Cotton is leading the effort in the Senate.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the resolution early next week. Since Democrats control the U.S. Senate, it is highly unlikely that this resolution will be brought to the floor of the Senate.
The bill must pass both the House and the Senate and then signed into law by the President. The resolution would prevent the D.C. council’s proposed legislation from going into effect. President Joe Biden is unlikely to sign the resolution.
The Council argues that noncitizens pay taxes and are thus entitled to representation in D.C. elections.
Katie Britt was elected to the Senate in a landslide election last year. Britt is an attorney, the former President and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA), and the former chief of staff for Sen. Richard Shelby, whose seat Britt now holds.
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