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Cambridge resident Mario Davila, for instance, immigrated from El Salvador 17 years ago. He says that a backlog of paperwork has left him waiting 15 years for citizenship. All the while, he says he has waited for the chance to vote in school committee elections...
Opponents caution that immigrants might be discouraged from pursuing citizenship once they had the right to vote in a local election...
...first generation Italian-American," Grassi says, "I agree with the established process of immigrants gaining citizenship and, with that, the right to vote...
...road to citizenship simply takes too long, Barrios says...
This sort of proposal is not without historical precedent, Smith says. Throughout history, she says, the requirements for voting have not always included citizenship...