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Estoy sacando mi licencia de conducir; ¿puedo registrarme para votar?

Hace ya muchos años se ha convertido en rutina registrarse para votar al aplicar para
una licencia de conducir. Sin embargo, para alguien no ciudadano de Estados Unidos, este acto
rutinario puede descarrilar cualquier beneficio de inmigración futura.

Simplemente inscribiéndose para votar puede ser considerado una pretensión de
ciudadanía estadounidense. Actual ley de inmigración severamente castiga a alguien
que afirma ser ciudadano americano por lo que los hace permanentemente inadmisible
sin la posibilidad de una renuncia, lo que significa no hay manera que esa afirmación
sea perdonada.

Porque la participación del voto continúa en algunas partes del país, los Estados reciben
creativos en alentar a sus habitantes a votar. Como resultado, en los últimos días,
California aprobó una ley que busca incentivar más la participación en las elecciones
registrando automáticamente todo el mundo que obtiene o renueva una licencia de
conducir.

En este momento no sabemos lo que significa la ley de California para personas
no estadounidenses que solicitan una licencia de manejar en California. Supuestamente
habrá protecciones para evitar que quienes no son elegibles para obtener la inscripción
para votar, como se implementa la ley vamos a ver el efecto real que tendrá en los que
no deben ser automáticamente registrados. Esta nueva ley es un buen recordatorio de
que si no eres ciudadano estadounidense no debe registrarse para votar cuando solicita
una licencia de conducir.

Hay otras maneras que los ciudadanos no estadounidenses pueden reclamar la
ciudadanía sin esa intencion: al aplicar para un trabajo de verificación "Ciudadano Estadounidense" en la
forma I-9 verificación de elegibilidad de empleo, en una solicitud de préstamo de
estudiante, o declarando si es un ciudadano estadounidense para recibir algún beneficio
sólo disponible para ciudadanos estadounidenses.

Si no está seguro si se ha inscrito para votar, o si por error usted se registró para votar
puede haber algunos pasos que puede tomar para eliminar su nombre de la inscripción
de votantes antes de participar en cualquier elección. Se debe consultar con un abogado
de inmigración que más le puede aconsejar de sus opciones antes de enviar cualquier
solicitud de un beneficio de inmigración porque podría ya no ser elegible.

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