I do not feel that immigrants who are not citizens and not applying for citizenship should be allowed to vote in state or local elections. People who are in this status are not invested enough to have the privialge to vote. Americans who travel to foreign countries and reside there and do not apply for citizenship are not allowed voting status in those countries. Should that not be the same here in the United States? Citizenship demands responsibility and commitment and therefore earns the priviage of voting. This has greater meaning to me in these times of terrorism and threats of terrorism. A commitment to the United States and to the laws of our land should be one of the pre-requisits for voting. Illegal immigrants are here illegally. They have already broken a law by being here. They drain our system of resources. In my opinion they need to go through the proper chanels in order to recieve the opportunity to vote.