Even if civic responsibilities mean nothing to Councilman Rodriguez and his far-left allies, they mean a great deal to immigrants who become naturalized American citizens, raise their right hand, and swear an oath of allegiance to the United States of America and the values of this great nation. They earn and cherish the right to vote, which is a sacred part of being an American citizen.

This is only just the latest example of the far-left Democrats trying to change the rules in order to stack the odds in their favor at the ballot box. This proposal, like the recently failed statewide constitutional amendments, is part of a long pattern of Democrats trying to ram through policies thinly disguised as reforms but actually designed to devastate their political opponents. It’s not about doing the right thing; it’s about consolidating their own power.

Who could forget, for example, New York Democrats’ infamous “Green Light Law” in 2019? The bill, passed by the newly elected Democratic majority in the State Senate, gave drivers’ licenses to non-citizens. I vividly remember the debate as if it was yesterday, as my fellow Republicans and I predicted passage of the bill would lead to non-citizen voting.