Posted on 10/10/2006 4:21:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It's unfair to say that the Republican Congress has done nothing on immigration. In one respect, according to a new report from state officials, Congress made matters worse.
In May of last year Congress passed the Real ID Act at the urging of House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R., Wis.). It was yet another border-security measure, intended to thwart illegal immigration by denying drivers' licenses to undocumented aliens. President Bush signed the legislation in hopes that Republicans then would meet him halfway on comprehensive immigration reform. Didn't happen. We now know that the Tom Tancredo "enforcement first" crowd has no intention of ever compromising with Mr. Bush.
We doubt Mexicans willing to risk their lives crossing hundreds of miles of desert on foot care much about not being able to obtain a drivers' license once here. Nor is deputizing Department of Motor Vehicle officials going to force many illegal aliens already in the country to return home. The most likely result is more unlicensed and uninsured motorists, which means more dangerous U.S. roads.
Real ID gets worse. According to a new analysis from the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the law is also going to be costly and burdensome.
Under Real ID, all 245 million existing holders of drivers' licenses must apply -- in person -- for new, standardized identification cards. The report says that state motor vehicle department staffs will need to be more than doubled, and workers will have to be trained to verify copies of original birth certificates, Social Security cards and the like. Misplaced your Social Security card? Have fun getting a new one. We're pretty sure that voters don't elect Republicans to increase the size of their already bloated state bureaucracies.
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PING!
It's not technically a national ID card, but I'm sure many conservatives would gladly go through the hassle if it means weeding out the people who don't belong here.
And the LEO said to John Q. Public, "show me your microchip".
Which is what it will take to fix the crises that will develop if this problem is allowed to get worse. Meanwhile, if it's chipping you're concerned about, then you're better off expending your efforts fighting NAIS.
It has come to the point that the liberals actually count on widespread voter fraud.
What's NAIS?
I now filter out any WSJ commentary on the ILLEGAL ALIEN situation. Sometimes lately its like reading a lying DNC talking points memo.
The 19 9-11 terrorists, who were here illegally (overstayed visas) sure wanted and got numerous drivers licenses.
IMHO, RINOs rely on it more than liberals.
Maybe Granny and the hen could use the same chip.
They're probably right. But I remain convinced that their stand on illegal immigration comes from their having big lawns.
Oh boy. If you are concerned about chipping, you are in for a shock.
This is the foundation for the tracking database they'll need.
Which has caused more human deaths in the last 25 years: all livestock-borne diseases combined, or diseases which are spread human-to-human via intimate or blood contact? It used to be that humans with certain diseases were required to be quarantined. If one's concern is with controlling disease, does it make more sense to put in an unprecedented program to track countless millions of animals, or to follow precedent in tracking and quarantining a much smaller number of diseased people?
They are building a border fence I hope the make a full one. With any luck we can finally get our coubtry back from these people that have all but invaded us.
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