Posted on 05/23/2018 6:06:52 AM PDT by lowbridge
Undocumented immigrants would not be allowed to get driver's licenses if Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns has his way.
Kearns, who is running for reelection, made his preemptive declaration at a press conference Thursday. He cited a bill in the State Legislature that would allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses.
The bill's prospects, however, are uncertain, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been non-committal on the issue.
"The current bill would allow undocumented immigrants to get a New York State driver's license by showing a foreign passport without a valid U.S. visa stamp and an affidavit, waiving the necessity to show a Social Security Card," Kearns said.
"If the Legislature or the governor through executive order does this, we will not process any of these licenses in Erie County," Kearns said.
"As the Erie County clerk elected by the taxpayers of Erie County to look out for their best interests, I cannot in good conscience follow through on a policy that would violate federal laws by knowingly providing government identification to people here illegally," Kearns said.
Kearns’ announcement drew a rebuke from a high-ranking county legislator.
“This is a blatant disregard for the rule of law,” said Erie County Legislature Majority Leader April N.M. Baskin. “Attacks on immigrants have been on the rise since the 2016 presidential election. The fact that this latest attack is coming from an elected official is especially troubling.
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Nice to see our side roll up their sleeves and join the battle.
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Kearns, who is running for reelection, made his preemptive declaration at a press conference Thursday. He cited a bill in the State Legislature that would allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses.
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If\when it passes, get ONE Citizen to go through the same process. When denied, sue the P!SS outta each and every one of ‘em.
Course, I say if/when it passes, they should be sued for violation of Oath, conspiracy, RICO, etc.
Apparently this guy Baskin doesn’t see the distinction between an immigrant & an illegal immigrant. How does somebody like that get elected(or appointed)?
Makers are fleeing Upstate, leaving it to the takers. That’s how.
The curious thing here is if you just showed up in Mexico or Honduras, and attempted to get a driver’s license.....they’d just laugh you out of the office.
Be of good courage!
Yeah, denying licenses to those disregarding immigration law is such a disregard of the law. The Orwellian 'logic' of the left never fails to slackjaw.
The idea is to get illegals voting. It has worked in California.
Western NY state is uber liberal.
This is going to be a real test to see who liberals side with.
The knee-jerk liberal reaction is to side with ultra-liberal causes so at first glance it seems Mr. Kearns is setting himself up for defeat.
However, are there enough rational liberals who see granting illegal aliens DLs as a 'step too far'?
If Mr. Kearns wins re-election there's a tiny glimmer of hope.
If he loses because of this issue, NY liberals will have shown they opted for a protracted suicide but will do so proudly because they didn't vote like 'racist conservative Republicans'.
American citizens from other states should show up with their passports and demand a NY State driver’s license
What’s an undocumented immigrant? How is that logically possible?
Western NY state is uber liberal.
This is going to be a real test to see who liberals side with.
The knee-jerk liberal reaction is to side with ultra-liberal causes so at first glance it seems Mr. Kearns is setting himself up for defeat.
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Yep. Erie county contains Buffalo which is a long time Rat stronghold. Conservatives are outside the urban areas.
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