Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions is condemning Obama’s refusal to state that illegal aliens are not permitted to vote in U.S. elections.
A Latino Youtube host interviewed Obama Friday, asking him: “Many of the millennials, DREAMers, undocumented, um, citizens—and I call them citizens because they contribute to this country—are fearful of voting. So if I vote, will immigration know where I live? Will they come for my family and deport us?”
“Not true,” Obama replied, ignoring her point about illegal aliens voting.
"And the reason is, first of all, when you vote, you are a citizen yourself—and there is not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over and people start investigating et cetera. The sanctity of the vote is strictly confidential in terms of who you voted for. If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote."
Obama appeared to say that if a U.S. citizen with illegal alien family members who continue to stay in the U.S. in defiance of the law votes, immigration authorities will not use that voters’ information to begin deportation proceedings against their illegal alien relatives.
Given Obama’s strange wording, it’s open to interpretation whether or not he is suggesting an illegal alien is considered a “citizen” if he manages to make it into a voting booth.
“I am shocked that the President of the United States—who is the chief law enforcement officer for the nation and to whom all federal law enforcement officers report—failed to strongly and immediately object to a statement by an interviewer that unlawful immigrants can and should vote in U.S. elections,” Sessions said in a statement. “The interviewer proposed a radical and illegal action, which the President had a duty to condemn.”
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