NEWSMAX — A Cuban immigrant who has been in the United States since the 1960s, served in the military, worked for state and federal agencies and voted in every major election since 1976 did not become a United States citizen until last week. The episode is evidence of a “broken voting system,” and supports the need for voter identification laws, a commentary in The Wall Street Journal contends. The New York Times reported that 58-year-old Mario Hernandez had been given open-ended parole on his arrival as a child which allowed him to live and work in the United States but it did not make him a resident. The Journal commentary was part of a “Best of the Web Today” column summarizing the story in the Times. [Read More]