Noncitizen New Yorkers Face Voting Policy Challenges
Ahead of the mayor race, noncitizen New Yorkers are grappling with a voting policy that has failed to launch.
Antonio Alarcón, a DACA recipient who arrived in New York City in 2005 as a child from Mexico, is a longtime vocal immigration and community advocate and organizer.
He is part of a chunk of the population that is mostly excluded from the electoral conversation—despite representing about a seventh of the adult population—for the simple reason that they are noncitizens.
After the last mayoral election, the city council passed a law to allow noncitizens with some type of work authorization to participate in local elections for mayor, council, and some other municipal positions.
Author's summary: Noncitizen New Yorkers face voting challenges.
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