Noncitizens in America deserve a pathway to citizenship, not the ability to vote

Five years ago, California Gov. Jerry Brown used these words in his veto of a bill: "Jury service, like voting, is quintessentially a prerogative and responsibility of citizenship."

At the time, the issue was legislation that would have allowed noncitizens who were legally in the country to serve on juries. Brown probably didn't foresee a day when not just noncitizens, but immigrants in the country illegally would be registering to vote for school board candidates. Yet