They should be afforded the right to support candidates whom they believe will make it a better place to live I reilerale the fact that court cases have found that legal permanent residents are afforded the protections contained In the first amendment. Furthermore. the Supreme Court has ruled that campaign contributions ara a form ot speech protected tinder the first amendment Thus. I believe that the prohibition to deny legal permanent residents the right to make campaign contributions would be a continuation of the attacks on immigrants that we have seen take place during the last several years. This troubling paltein of entioimmlgrant actions fosters tie maircious notion that legal permanent residents somehow do not share an interest In the wellbelng of this nation and do not deserve basic rights and bonolts However. I submit that legal permanent residents are our "citizens in training." Illinois tust had their primary electionsvolor turn out was at an alltime low.
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Legal permanent residents do not share an interest in the well-being of this nation