Anyone who has waited in line at the DMV must understand what a mistake this is. I do not argue with the notion that we must prevent individuals from voting who are not allowed to vote. Yet a hidden argument in this bill is that immigrants may "infiltrate" our voting system. Legal immigrants who have successfully navigated the citizenship maze are unlikely to draw the attention of the authorities by attempting to register incorrectly. Similarly. undocumented immigrants are even less likely to risk deportation just to influence an election. If for no other reason than Hurricane Katrina. we must all understand how vulnerable our system is. Families fleeing the hurricanes last summer sutfered loss of property that included lost documents.
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Immigrants may 'infiltrate' our voting system.