California’s new undocumented jurors
The dead Boston Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, would have been eligible to serve on a jury in California, if state legislators have their way.
The Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would allow non-citizens who are in the U.S. legally to serve on jury duty.
Just when you thought the state couldn’t favor non-citizens any more, once again California is racing to be the first state in the country to pass a ridiculous law affording non-citizens rights previously reserved only for American citizens.
But that’s not all.
Democratic lawmakers at the state Capitol are currently trying to pass a law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain a California driver’s license. Last year they passed a law allowing illegal immigrants to apply for and receive student financial aid benefits and state-funded grants for college.
But here is an interesting thought: The dead Boston Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, would have been eligible to serve on a jury since he was a “legal immigrant” but not yet a citizen.
This is what life in California has become under a Democratic supermajority.
“Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, said his bill,… Read More