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The Federal government could certainly pass a law forbidding States to issue driver's licenses to immigrants and/or illegals, but I don't see any Constitutional basis for them to do this.

A DL is by its very nature intrastate. If one State objected to another State's licenses you might have a Federal issue but that is not the case.

We use DLs for ID as a convenience but that doesn't change the fact that all it is is a license to operate a motor vehicle.

The Feds may have it in their power to mandate a passport as ID for certain things they have control over, such as plane travel, but they have no Constitutional authority to mandate standards for an intrastate license issued to US Citizen-residents of a particular State.

My take on this is that this is clearly beyond the powers granted to the Federal government by the Constitution. However, if the Feds addressed their Constitutional responsibility to secure the borders, deport every illegal alien they found, etc. they would have no reason to take these unconstitutional measures.

However, if the Feds addressed their Constitutional responsibility to secure the borders, deport every illegal alien they found, etc. they would have no reason to take these unconstitutional measures.

AMEN!

"If one State objected to another State's licenses you might have a Federal issue"

The Constitution specifically provides for this situation when it gives direct jurisdiction to such cases to the Supreme Court.

"if the Feds addressed their Constitutional responsibility to secure the borders, deport every illegal alien they found, etc. they would have no reason to take these unconstitutional measures."

You just hit the nail on the head, my friend.

However, if the Feds addressed their Constitutional responsibility to secure the borders, deport every illegal alien they found, etc. they would have no reason to take these unconstitutional measures.

Amen to that!

It's EXACTLY why this national ID really ticks me off.

The Feds are pushing THIER job off onto the states, and forcing the states to foot the bill besides!