Illegal aliens can't obtain licenses

The Washington Times ^ | March 23, 2003 | Mary Shaffrey

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Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed legislation yesterday requiring foreign nationals to prove they are in the country legally before obtaining a driver's license.

"The additional safeguards contained in [this legislation] are appropriate, given the ongoing threat of terrorism," Mr. Warner said.

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Gov. Warner did very well with the driver's license bill, not as well with the tuition bill. Let's hope the legislature will fix the tuition bill.

[supercat]

Gov. Warner did very well with the driver's license bill, not as well with the tuition bill. Let's hope the legislature will fix the tuition bill.

What sorts of "certain documented cases" merit exceptions?

[Steely Tom]

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed legislation yesterday requiring foreign nationals to prove they are in the country legally before obtaining a driver's license.

But this will have a chilling effect on efforts to increase voter registration among minority communities! These are people who face discrimination every day from the white European majority, and to ask them to "prove" that they are here "legally" is a further insult to them!

Remember you heard it here first.

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[angkor]

Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore disagreed and encouraged lawmakers to reject the amendments in a statement released yesterday.

When Kilgore talks, people listen.

I'd guess Warner's amendments will be trashed (as they should be).

[John Jorsett]

Put this in your "things that will never happen in California" file.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Right!

[evolved_rage]

Put this in your "things that will never happen in California" file.

Not speaking spanish at the CA DMV makes all procedures take longer.

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This exception recognizes that there are some young people who came to America with their parents when they were very young and who are in a position to become legal residents of the United States. ... It is only fair that this narrowly targeted group of students, whose parents paid Virginia income taxes, have the chance to receive in-state tuition," he said.(Gov. Warner)

Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore disagreed and encouraged lawmakers to reject the amendments in a statement released yesterday.

The Attorney General has this one right.

[xJones]

Why don't we just announce that our borders are open, everybody come in? "You don't need to be a citizen, join the millions here that slipped in ahead of you".

And then let the taxpayers that are paying for all the social services for illegals off the hook. Also, stop paying for "Homeland Security", it's a joke with the borders wide open as they are now. Immigration is great, but do it legally.

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A side benefit of this legislation is limiting illegal aliens access to government facilities. If you don't show a driver's license, you don't get in.

[freekitty]

Well, it's a start.

[misterrob]

What a fu_ki_g joke!!!! This is racist??? Methinks that the latino community thinks that America is really their country and regs like this just get in the way.

Go get in line behind all of the other people who want to come here.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"I continue to believe that it is not too much to ask that people obey the laws of our society before they take advantage of what our society has to offer," the Republican said.

"When one considers that out-of-state military personnel who happen to be stationed in Virginia cannot receive in-state tuition, it makes little sense to offer those benefits to those who have broken our immigration laws."

[Amerigomag]

Why don't we just announce that our borders are open, everybody come in? "You don't need to be a citizen, join the millions here that slipped in ahead of you".

California (Gov. Davis) did that in early 1999.

Four years later California is broke.

[xJones]

That's the point.

[sweetliberty]

"Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed legislation yesterday requiring foreign nationals to prove they are in the country legally before obtaining a driver's license."

Hallelujah. Occasionally justice prevails. Of course, I don't expect this to be off the front burner for long.

[BamaGirl]

Gov. Warner did very well with the driver's license bill, not as well with the tuition bill. Let's hope the legislature will fix the tuition bill.

What sorts of "certain documented cases" merit exceptions?

I'm guessing cases like this one:

Student who thought he was a citizen caught in deportation proceedings

"When all this happened, everyone advised me not to go down to the INS and not to be honest," Hitesh Tolani said. "I've never regretted it. Now if I have to leave, I'm going to leave feeling loved, and that has made the honesty worth it every bit."