He described. "One if by land. two if by sea. on the opposite shore I will be. ready to ride and sound the alarm through every Middlesex village and farm." Today we are here sounding the alarm. H.R. 1428 is unAmerican. It is unfair. It is an outrageous attempt to deny immigrants democracy. H.R. 1428 is quite simply a frontal assault on our Nations essential voting rights. The bill would seriously undermine the Federal laws governing the uniform and nondiscriminatory registration of voters. It is reminiscent of the poll tax and literacy tests. of Jim Crow. This bill would allow local political officials to make arbitrary and potentially discriminatory decisions by selectively targeting groups of voters and forcing them to prove their citizenship. using an incomplete and inaccurate database. Vote down this bill.
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