MATT SCHLAPP, MY BEST TO
MERCEDES AND YOUR CHILDREN.
A FIRST OF ITS KIND CALIFORNIA
PROGRAM ALLOWS NON-CITIZENS TO
VOTE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS COUNTRY
ILLEGALLY.
THEY ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
YET THEY ARE GETTING TO VOTE IN
THESE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
NEXT.
BEFORE YOU GET TOO WORKED UP.
BEFORE WE GET TOO EXCITED I WANT
TO POINT OUT THE NUMBERS ARE
PRETTY DARN SMALL.
JUST 49 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
SIGNED UP TO VOTE.
NONETHELESS, GIVEN THAT THEY ARE
NOT HERE LEGALLY, ONE MIGHT SAY
THAT IS 49 TOO MANY.
RIGHT?
AFTER ALL, LAST I CHECKED.
I'M NOT ABLE TO VOTE IN JUST ANY
COUNTRY I'M NOT A CITIZEN OF.
BUT MY NEXT GUEST DISAGREES AND
SAYS WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO
EXTEND VOTING RIGHTS TO
NON-CITIZENS AND HERE ILLEGALLY.
JOINING ME.
A SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
EDUCATION COMMISSIONER.
WHY ARE YOU GOING TO LET THEM
VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS.
>> UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAVE
STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE
PEOPLE MAKING POLICY THAT AFFECT
THEIR CHILD.
ARE YOU A PARENT?
TRISH: I SURE AM.
>> I KNOW YOU WANT A VOICE AND A
SAY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WILL
MAKE POLICIES AFFECTING YOUR
CHILDREN.
TRISH: THE REALITY IS, IF I
SUDDENLY TOOK OFF FOR FRANCE OR
GERMANY OR JAPAN OR MEXICO OR
ANYWHERE ELSE, AND I ENROLLED MY
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS.
LET'S ASSUME I AM DOING
EVERYTHING LEGALLY.
I HAVE A VISA AND I'M WORKING
THERE.
THE REALITY IS I CAN'T VOTE IN
THEIR ELECTIONS, NOR SHOULD I
EXPECT TO VOTE IN THEIR
ELECTIONS.
IT'S NOT -- MY CHILDREN ARE IN
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM JUST AS THESE
ILLEGALS HAVE CHILDREN IN THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> WE DON'T CALL THEM ILLEGALS
WERE THEY ARE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO
TOUR ECONOMY.
TRISH: ARE THEY HERE LEGALLY?
THAT'S A WHOLE NEW TERM.
SOMEHOW NOW IT'S A POLITICALLY
INCORRECT TO SAY IF YOU ARE HERE
ILLEGALLY, THAT THEY ARE HERE
ILLEGALLY.
>> HUMAN BEINGS CANNOT BE
ILLEGAL.
TRISH: WHAT ABOUT THE STATUS OF
THESE PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE
ACTUAL ADJECTIVE YOU WOULD USE
TO DESCRIBE WHETHER THEY ARE
HERE LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY.
>> YOU BE DOCUMENTED.
TRISH: ILLEGAL ALIENS HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES NOW BEING
ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
WHERE DOES IT STOP?
SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR
MORE THAN JUST THE SCHOOL BOARD?
>> I THINK PEOPLE RAISING
FAMILIES, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR
ECONOMY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN THE
GOVERNMENT THAT THEY PRO EXPECT.
WE NEED TO ALLOW MORE
PROTECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
TRISH: IF I'M HILLARY CLINTON
AND I'M GOING TO RUN IN 2020.
I WOULD SAY OPEN UP THE FLOOD
GATES.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING
WELCOME TO AMERICA, THAT'S
SOMETHING I STAND FOR AS WELL.
TRISH: YOU KNOW THAT I STAND FOR
THAT.
I, TOO, AM FROM IMMIGRANTS.
SO DON'T FOR TWO SECONDS THINK I
DON'T HAVE THE EMPATHY TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND
WHY THEY COME HERE.
I DO.
I GET IT.
BUT I ALSO GET THAT WE ARE A
PRETTY BIG COUNTRY AS IT IS.
AND WHILE WE WANT ALL THE PEOPLE
TO COME HERE LEGALLY, WITH THE
RIGHT PAPERWORK AND THE RIGHT
DOCUMENTATION SO THEY HAVE THE
BEST SHOT AT HAVING A GOOD LIFE
HERE, PEOPLE WANT THEM HERE
ILLEGALLY.
YOU ARE SAYING COME IN ILLEGALLY
AND VOTE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
HOW WE ALL GOT HERE.
I DIDN'T GET HERE THE SAME WAY
YOUR ANCESTORS GOT HERE.
BUT FAMILIES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
OUR FAMILIES AND ECONOMY.
THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE AND SHOULD
HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
HEARD AND THEY HAVE A VOICE IN
HOW THE GOVERNMENT OPERATES.
TRISH: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
YOU.
>> OF COURSE YOU DO.
TRISH: WE ARE A TIME CLOCK.
WHAT IF ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME IN
AND SAID I LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
AND I LIKE CONSERVATIVES.
AND I WANT TO VOTE FOR
CONSERVATIVES.
WOULD YOU STILL BE JUST AS
ENTHUSIASTIC?
BE HONEST.
>> OUR PRESIDENT IS A TYRANT.
SO OUR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT
SOMEBODY WHO SHOULDN'T BE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE WHO HAS BEEN ATTACK
AND SEPARATING FAMILIES.
THAT'S A QUESTION WE'LL NEVER
SEE HAPPEN.
TRISH: HUMOR ME.
>> IF I HUMOR YOU, THEY WON'T BE
VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP.
TRISH: WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED
TO HAVE HEARD AND GIVEN ME EARN
COURAGEMENT IN YOUR YOU A THEN
IS TOUGH IS YOU WOULD WELCOME
PEOPLE TO VOTE REGARDLESS OF WHO
THEY ARE VOTING FOR WHICH
CONCERNS ME THAT THIS IS NOTHING