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World Net Daily: Schwarzenegger Ready To license Illegal Aliens (Driver's Licenses)
World Net Daily ^
| January 30, 2004
| WorldNetDaily.com
Posted on 01/30/2004 11:01:50 AM PST by Pubbie
Though he campaigned hard against it, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is negotiating with a Democratic state lawmaker to draft a bill that would grant driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
Schwarzenegger's first act as governor last fall was to repeal SB 60, signed by then-Gov. Gray Davis, which would have opened the road for the estimated 2 million illegal immigrants of driving age in the Golden State.
This week, however, the new governor said he was "absolutely positive we'll come up with a great bill" to replace SB 60, opposed by 70 percent of California voters, according to exit polling during the October recall election.
Schwarzenegger said his office has been working closely to craft a successor to SB 60 with state Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, a former member of MeCha, the radical Latino student movement demanding annexation of all southwestern states.
"This is the way we move forward," Schwarzenegger said at a Sacramento Press Club lunch Tuesday, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Despite opposition from many Republicans and a majority of Californians, the governor said he is confident of the outcome.
"It's one of those things that we'll all have to get together and see that this is a good idea and this is the way we move forward," Schwarzenegger said, according to the Riverside paper. "I'm talking with my Republican friends all the time about it and also with my Democratic friends. We will do it."
Cedillo's chief of staff, Dan Savage, said tentative agreement has been reached to grant driver licenses to all illegal immigrants, the Press-Enterprise reported. The licenses would look identical to those of other residents.
Savage said there were two sticking points in the earlier bill -- insurance requirements and verifying applicants' identities.
Republicans have demanded applicants be subject to background checks, but Savage said that has not been a main topic during the negotiations, according to the Press-Enterprise.
A co-author of the legislation repealing SB 60, Assemblyman John J. Benoit, R-Palm Desert, remains firmly opposed to the plan.
"To actually give a legal document to an illegal immigrant, I'm not there," Benoit told the Riverside paper.
But, Jesse Diaz, 39, a graduate student at UC Riverside and a member of the Mexican-American Political Foundation Backers, sees it as a practical move.
"There's definitely a need for it," said. "They're going to drive regardless. It's just now the rules will be safer. They're going to have insurance. There will be driver's training. It will be great."
Davis signed SB 60 in September after blocking a similar bill in 2002, raising charges he was pandering to Latinos before the recall vote.
In a statement after signing the repeal Dec. 3, Schwarzenegger said:"The swift bipartisan passage of this legislation is a perfect example of how the peoples' will can change politics-as-usual in Sacramento.
Benoit said President Bush's proposal to give illegal workers temporary status might change the debate. If the measure passes Congress, Republicans might be more receptive to giving driver licenses to people with temporary work permits, he suggested.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; arnold; driverslicense; immigrantlist; immigration; sb1160; sb60
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To: Carry_Okie
Except that it wasn't a fact at all. Opinions vary.
81
posted on
01/30/2004 12:03:00 PM PST
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
To: lonevoice
Exactly! Wouldn't want illegal aliens driving illegal trucks without driver's licenses. Heck, that would be...illegal! ROFL! (It beats crying!)
82
posted on
01/30/2004 12:03:02 PM PST
by
calcowgirl
(No on Propositions 55, 56, 57, 58)
To: DiamondDon1; generalissimoduane; RonDog
You were right...I was wrong. I felt bad about voting for Arnold, because Tom was the true conservative.
No worries, I've voted for plenty of bums in the past, and probably will again. Thank you for standing up for your principles...
You're welcome, the pleasure is still mine. Thanks for baiting Hugh Hewitt into calling me out on election day.
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83
posted on
01/30/2004 12:03:16 PM PST
by
Sabertooth
(Malcontent for Bush - 2004!)
To: clownboy
84
posted on
01/30/2004 12:03:46 PM PST
by
Roscoe
To: South40
Opinions vary. The numbers didn't. Bustamante was a loser, and it became more apparent as time went on. You bought a bogus line.
Own it. Grow up. There's still time.
85
posted on
01/30/2004 12:05:01 PM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(There are people in power who are truly evil.)
To: Roscoe
Arnold is a better bustamechA than bustamechA himself. Yeah...and McClintock, even though he received a paltry 13% of the vote, could have won.
86
posted on
01/30/2004 12:05:08 PM PST
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
To: Sabertooth
It won't get out of the Judiciary Committee no matter how hard he pushes it - Sensenbrenner says he won't support it, an if Sensenbrenner won't back it then it is literally DOA.
The House GOPers are already pissed at the WH for underestimating the cost of the Medicare Drug bill.
If Bush wants to get his plan shot down on the Judiciary Committee then let him try because it won't work.
87
posted on
01/30/2004 12:05:16 PM PST
by
Pubbie
(We would have the WMDs if Powell and Rice hadn't made a 6 month UN detour)
To: Carry_Okie
You forgot to say "posse ping."
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88
posted on
01/30/2004 12:05:48 PM PST
by
Sabertooth
(Malcontent for Bush - 2004!)
To: South40
[Arnold is a better bustamechA than bustamechA himself.]
Yeah...
Yeah.
89
posted on
01/30/2004 12:06:37 PM PST
by
Roscoe
To: Carry_Okie
Why restrict yourself to just one party's blind followers?
90
posted on
01/30/2004 12:07:51 PM PST
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time!)
To: Carry_Okie
The numbers didn't.For once you're right. McNeverhadachance only received 13% of the vote which confirms my long-held position that he was unelectable in the state of California.
Bustamante was a loser, and it became more apparent as time went on. You bought a bogus line.
McClintock was a loser, as evidenced in the last election. Those who thought he could win who bought the bogus line.
Own it. Grow up. There's still time.
91
posted on
01/30/2004 12:08:14 PM PST
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
To: Sabertooth
Isn't it the "kool aid Kids"?
92
posted on
01/30/2004 12:09:06 PM PST
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time!)
To: Roscoe
I voted for Arnold because he was and remains a better choice than bustamechA
Arnold is a better bustamechA than bustamechA himself.
72 posted on 01/30/2004 11:58:07 AM PST by Roscoe
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LOL! Yeah but he is their Bustamecha!
93
posted on
01/30/2004 12:09:51 PM PST
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time!)
To: Right Wing Professor
Those right-wing nut McClintock supporters, who 'wasted their vote', are looking better every day. Raises hand...
94
posted on
01/30/2004 12:09:56 PM PST
by
antaresequity
(Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/)
To: Roscoe; Carry_Okie; South40; DoughtyOne
I want to give Arnold supportes like South40 and DoughtyOne some credit in this regard: Unlike many of their former compatriots, they are solidly against the Bush Amnesty, and aren't buying the "I opposed Amnesty" spin coming from the President. We've been hard on them for their Arnold support, but they deserve their due.
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95
posted on
01/30/2004 12:11:02 PM PST
by
Sabertooth
(Malcontent for Bush - 2004!)
To: South40
McClintock was a loserAnd the leftists were the winners.
96
posted on
01/30/2004 12:11:48 PM PST
by
Roscoe
To: Pubbie
This'll be a huge boon fer Voter Fraud, imho...MUD
97
posted on
01/30/2004 12:12:58 PM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: Walkin Man
How do all of you Republicans in California that voted for RINO Arnie instead of a real conservative, feel now with his knife in your back?
Didn't take long to betray you all, did it?
Get used to it...suckers. Its easier the second time, third time, forth time,....etc....
73 posted on 01/30/2004 11:58:10 AM PST by Walkin Man
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They aren't listening. They are busy putting up Jorge Delano Bush/Vicente Fox Campaign posters.
98
posted on
01/30/2004 12:14:05 PM PST
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time!)
To: Carry_Okie
This is just one of many reasons why I posted the flashback to 1993 thread last night.
99
posted on
01/30/2004 12:14:07 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ...... /~normsrevenge - FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info...)
To: MainFrame65
100
posted on
01/30/2004 12:14:32 PM PST
by
B Knotts
(Recall Arnold!)
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