Migrants disenfranchised in US voting system

First time voter Wanda Carrillo, 23, from Los Angeles, shows her I Voted! sticker

First time voter Wanda Carrillo, 23, from Los Angeles, shows her I Voted! sticker Source: AAP

SBS News In Depth
View Podcast Series

Get the SBS Audio app

Other ways to listen

The bureaucracy for turning migrants into US citizens with the right to vote has slowed down significantly since 2016.

Share

Latest podcast episodes

A rainbow is seen behind the Australian flag, the Indigenous flag and the flag of the Torres Strait Islands in Canberra.

"Not a date to celebrate": First Nations Australians share their misgivings - and plans - for January 26

OTM - Trump interest rates (Getty).jpg

Donald Trump demands lower interest rates & Japan lifts rates to highest since 2008.

Dr Yang Hengjun

Friends fear Chinese prison conditions confronting Australian Yang Hengjun

World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos

President Trump says he's ready to make a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine

Recommended for you

Three workers walking up stairs with a coffee in hand.

Work-life balance, humour, coffee: What sets Australia's office culture apart from others

working hours

A woman with a rolling suitcase walks through an airport, with a plane visible in the background.

Visa rules, airfares and hot trends: How travel is changing in 2025

travel and tourism

A large crowd sitting on the sand next to the surf

Speakers, tents and dogs: The do's and don'ts of beach behaviour, according to beach-goers

summer

A man sifting through rubble of a burnt property

'What the hell is going on?': Top firefighter's warning for Australian cities after LA fires

los angeles wildfires 2025

Outside the US Capitol in Washington DC.

How Australians can watch Donald Trump's inauguration — and what to expect

trump presidency

Woman pushing dispenser of cosmetic product on finger

The SPF products that could be putting you at risk of skin cancer

sunscreen

A man in a white T-shirt and grey shorts, carrying a backpack, stands next to a counter lined with rows of perfume bottles, while a saleswoman stands behind it.

These are the fastest-growing jobs in Australia

job hunting

Graphic art of person wearing a backpack looks at a board of airport arrivals overlaid with two boarding passes and an immigration stamp

From skilled visas to ballots: How Australia's migration changes could unfold in 2025

immigration policy