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New York City to allow ID cards for illegal immigrants
Reuters ^ | Jun 26, 2014 | VICTORIA CAVALIERE

Posted on 06/26/2014 3:36:07 PM PDT by moonshinner_09

(Reuters) - The New York City Council on Thursday voted to create the nation's largest municipal identification card program to include illegal immigrants.

The plan, approved in a 43-3 vote with two abstentions, will allow some 500,000 illegal immigrants in the city to open bank accounts, sign apartment leases and access other services where a photo ID is required.

Supporters of the bill, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, said the ID cards will reduce obstacles for senior citizens, homeless individuals and illegal immigrants.

"Every New Yorker deserves an official identification that allows them to prove who they are and access core services, de Blasio said in a statement after the vote.

"The municipal ID is more than just a card – it provides New Yorkers who are currently living in the shadows with dignity and peace of mind," de Blasio said.

The legislation puts New York on a list of other U.S. cities with large immigrant populations - Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Haven, Connecticut - that have instituted municipal ID programs.

The ID program will be the nation's largest and is expected to be rolled out in 2015. The card will include the holder's photo, name, date of birth and address. It will also have an expiration date.

Applicants can obtain a card using a foreign birth certificate, driver's license or proof of residence such as a utility bill. There will also be an option to include self-designated gender.

Voting against the measure were the three Republican members of the city council, who said its $8 million price tag might be better spent on other priorities, including the hiring of firefighters and police officers.

Steve Matteo, a council member from the borough of Staten Island, also voiced concern the cards could allow non-residents to access

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: aliens; ids; immigration; newyorkcity
My utility company requires a SSN... Why can't I only need a utility bill to open bank account, get credit cards,secure a loan,buy a house... ??NYC so dedicated to illegal aliens...$8 million price tag might be better spent on other priorities, including the hiring of firefighters and police officers....City Council on Thursday also earmarked nearly $5 million of the city budget to expand a pilot program that provides free legal representation for detained immigrants facing deportation... Free lawyers,freedom of strict ID laws.. NYC did not learn from 9-11-....
1 posted on 06/26/2014 3:36:08 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

“The municipal ID is more than just a card – it provides New Yorkers who are currently living in the shadows with dignity and peace of mind,” de Blasio said.


So....all it takes to become a legal New Yorker - in NYC - is to just be there. I’m so glad these law breakers will be able to have dignity and peace of mind, now. /s


2 posted on 06/26/2014 3:39:53 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: moonshinner_09

Now that’s going to be a database worth hacking.


3 posted on 06/26/2014 3:41:05 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Jane Long

Yessiday i kudent spel Naw Yawker now I is one.


4 posted on 06/26/2014 3:41:46 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: moonshinner_09
"Applicants can obtain a card using a foreign birth certificate, driver's license or proof of residence such as a utility bill."

Anyone catch some inconsistencies in this statement?

How did someone here ILLEGALLY get a driver's license?

Why would they want a municipal ID card? They paid good money, dammit to buy a stolen ID and SSN!

It allows them to cash welfare and EITC checks already.

5 posted on 06/26/2014 3:42:13 PM PDT by boop (I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Sounds like NYC is good place for other states to send illegals to. Bus them in. DC is another great place for depositing illegals. Keep them in blue states where they can hurry along the cultural/economic ruin that Democrats are already doing.


6 posted on 06/26/2014 3:48:06 PM PDT by pallis
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To: moonshinner_09

Do applicants have to swear they approve of abortion and gay marriage? Cuomo just said if you don’t approve of these things, you are not a New Yorker and should get out. De Blasio said he agrees with what Cuomo said 100%.


7 posted on 06/26/2014 3:55:32 PM PDT by BusterBear
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To: moonshinner_09

So glad I moved the hell out of there. 2 years ago working 12-14 hours a day only to see my paycheck obliterated by taxes until I finally got wise and looked at the welfare office I was driving by everyday with the lines of illegals waiting. WTF am I doing? I think I quit my job and moved that week. That city is finito, dead. It is the new Detroit and it’s going to be amusing to see how Wall street holds up.


8 posted on 06/26/2014 3:56:24 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: moonshinner_09
sign apartment leases

That should be interesting being that rents have shot up 2000% in the past 10 years thanks to the city taxing the living efffin' crap out of building owners. I think the minimum rent in Manhattan now is $3500 for a one bedroom and in the outer boroughs it's around $2500, and that was last year when I looked out of curiosity. It's probably $4000 and $3000 now. So I guess basically what's going to happen is you'll have 30 illegals all staying in a one bedroom.

9 posted on 06/26/2014 4:02:57 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: moonshinner_09
"New Yorkers who are currently living in the shadows..."

Uh...If they're not here legally, they're not actually "New Yorkers." They're still citizens of wherever they are from.

"NYC did not learn from 9-11"

Unfortuantely, at least for those who are running the city, I'm afraid you are right.

10 posted on 06/26/2014 4:35:55 PM PDT by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
"you'll have 30 illegals all staying in a one bedroom."

I don't think so. With their freshly printed ID's, our socialist leaders will make sure they qualify for Section 8, "affordable" (meaning taxpayer-subsidized) housing, EBT, obamacare, etc, etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseum. Those high-rent, so-called "market rate" apartments are for the suckers...I mean, taxpayers.

11 posted on 06/26/2014 4:43:46 PM PDT by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: moonshinner_09

“NYC did not learn from 9-11”
Sad but true..
the liberal mind, a short memory is critical to it’s survival.
Benghazi is old news,
9-11 is ancient history


12 posted on 06/26/2014 5:22:30 PM PDT by snappahead (if your gonna be dumb, you better be tough.)
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To: free-in-nyc

Yep, and they’ll just keep raising taxes to pay for that. I’ll never understand why anybody with any kind of money would live in that city. I was reading one article last year where this couple was celebrating that they just got a condo for a million as if it was bargain of the century and they got a mortgage for it, and I was like man oh man, are they setting themselves up for absolute hell. Last year Cuomo got rid of tax abatements for condos and this Marxist they just put into power De Blasio aka Warren Wilhelm is just going to ream it up their arse big time. “Sorry, but we’ll have to steal your mortgage payment because Juan the illegal and his 30 friends need a place to stay and Quantroisha the welfare breeding cow just had another kid to add to her 21”


13 posted on 06/26/2014 5:45:22 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: moonshinner_09
The legislation puts New York on a list of other U.S. cities with large immigrant populations - Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Haven, Connecticut - that have instituted municipal ID programs.

All commie scumbag faggot cities with high taxes and lots of rules for the working stiff, the parasites have carte blanche though.

These places will all end up like Detroit in the next 20 years.

14 posted on 06/26/2014 5:50:03 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: pallis

Sounds like NYC is good place for other states to send illegals to. Bus them in. DC is another great place for depositing illegals. Keep them in blue states where they can hurry along the cultural/economic ruin that Democrats are already doing.
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Agree. ....Should be a nationwide ad campaign instructing illegals to go to NY, where they will be given legal status, photo ID and freebies. Could add ElLay and San Fran in CA, as well, as they are also sanctuary cities.


15 posted on 06/27/2014 1:56:09 AM PDT by octex
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I thought ID cards were racist or something.


16 posted on 06/27/2014 5:48:35 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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