Passing the buck (again).
FYI -- Petition to support HR418
http://www.gopusa.com/activist/petitions/petition.php?petition=050207_real_id
Support the Sensenbrenner Drivers License Bill to Help Combat Illegal Immigration
House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has introduced the REAL ID act on the floor of the House. The REAL ID act contains four main provisions:
-- An applicant for a driver’s license must prove lawful presence in the United States. States may still issue the license if such proof is not produced but must stamp it in such a way as to show permission to legally be in the United States was not presented. Such a stamped license cannot be used for any federal purpose such as boarding a commercial flight.
-- Asylum laws are tightened so that terrorists may not enter the country and move around freely as an asylum applicant.
-- A 3.5 mile stretch of fence near San Diego that has been stopped by environmentalists is completed.
-- The present law that doesn’t allow an alien already in the United States to be deported because of affiliation with terrorist groups is changed.
We the undersigned believe the REAL ID act is a step on the road to controlling illegal immigration in the United States by controlling the identification of our citizens. We petition all members of the United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President George W. Bush to enact this bill into law forthwith.