Tavis Smiley and Antonio Gonzalez Discuss Prop 200 on NPR
While certain groups are working to get more voters to the polls this fall, Arizona residents will decide on a proposition aimed at ensuring that all of those who vote are, in fact, citizens. Proposition 200, if passed, would require proof of citizenship to register, to vote, and it would require proof of eligibility for non-felony mandated public benefits or welfare. The proposal comes at a time when another controversy over immigrant rights is resurfacing next door right here in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will veto a bill that would allow non-citizens to obtain driver's licenses. Our regular commentator Antonio Gonzalez joins us now in the studio with more. Transcipt [
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