 Current federal law states that it's illegal for foreign nationals or non-citizens to vote in U.S. federal elections or donate with regards to federal, state, or local elections to protect the integrity of those elections. Republicans say that illegal immigration has endangered that integrity. Bernie Bennett in Washington. The storm is gone, but the lights have yet to come back on for more than a million utility customers in and around Houston. That has power companies scrambling to get the juice flowing again.