
OK, sorry I’m not familiar with how permanent residency works legally in the US so let me do more of a hypothetical that’s more clear Say there’s an immigrant who has been living and paying taxes for 5 to 10 years. He doesn’t plan on moving back to the country he immigrated from and he’s allowed to be there. He’s just simply not a citizen. What is the harm in extending the right to vote to people like this? These are people who clearly bring benefits to society and to American culture.
I didn’t even engage with OP’s argument. All I said was that using ad hominem arguments reflects poorly on yourself and the arguments you choose to defend. You can stay hostile and defensive as much as you want, but you’re ultimately undermining the very thing you’re preaching and then wondering why people disagree with you
The card of choosing not to talk to bigots being bigotry is hilarious whenever a conservative tries to pull it, one doesn’t control their sexual identity, gender identity, color of their skin, etc., but one does control their political views, it’s a choice to choose to dislike entire ethnic or gender based groups
You can absolutely be a permanent resident without being a citizen. Wet foot dry foot is repealed now but it gave any Cuban to make it here permanent residency. On every damn job application you’ll ever apply for, you can select permanent resident. Like #2 said, it’s a green card. My aunt is a permanent resident bc she doesn’t wanna give up citizenship in Ireland or England to be a US citizen.