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Claim: The children of illegal aliens can vote

35%

Analysis of the claim: "The children of illegal aliens can vote"

This claim is misleading and lacks critical context. Here is the breakdown:

Key Findings:

U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are automatically U.S. citizens under the 14th Amendment and long-standing Supreme Court precedent (United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 1898)¹²³. Like all U.S. citizens, they become eligible to vote at age 18 in federal, state, and local elections — not because of their parents' status, but because they are citizens by birthright.
Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections under 18 U.S. Code § 611⁴⁵. This applies to noncitizen children of illegal immigrants who were not born in the U.S.
Children (minors) generally cannot vote regardless of citizenship status. The voting age in the U.S. is 18 for federal and nearly all state elections⁴⁶. Some local jurisdictions allow 16- or 17-year-olds to vote in certain local elections, but this applies based on age, not parental immigration status⁷⁸.
Noncitizen parents (not children) may vote in very limited local elections in a few jurisdictions, such as San Francisco school board elections, but only if they are residents and parents of children in the school district⁴⁹.
The claim appears designed to suggest an unusual or improper voting privilege, but no such special right exists. U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants have the exact same voting rights as any other U.S. citizen: they can vote once they turn 18. Noncitizen children have the same voting restrictions as any other noncitizen.

Conclusion:

The claim is technically true only in the narrow sense that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are citizens who can vote upon reaching adulthood — just like every other American. It is false if interpreted to mean that minor children or noncitizen children of illegal immigrants have special or immediate voting rights. The framing is deceptive because it implies these children have some extraordinary ability to vote that other citizens do not.

Overall validity: 35%