Posted on 09/22/2007 6:01:01 AM PDT by kellynla
September 22, 2007 -- ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer announced yesterday that illegal immigrants will get driver's licenses - but at a cost to legal citizens because they'll now be useless as airport ID. Spitzer said the state would no longer require a Social Security number or proof that a person is not eligible for such a number in order to qualify for a driver's license.
That change clashes with the 2005 REAL ID law passed by Congress that states require, among other things, a Social Security number in order to get a license. States have until December 2009 to be in compliance.
States that fail to meet the standards will lose their certification by the Department of Homeland Security, meaning that driver's licenses in those states will no longer be valid for air travel, entry to federal facilities and for tax purposes.
Travelers will now have to carry a second form of ID, like a passport, which was met with criticism yesterday.
"To outright dismiss the security needs of our state and nation and provide illegal aliens documentation is dangerous and inconceivable," said Sen. Dale Volker (R-Depew).
"Gov. Spitzer should not view New York state driver's licenses like baseball cards - handing them out just to score political points."
Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Homeland Security, said: "I strongly disagree with giving state-authorized IDs to illegal immigrants. More importantly, this proposal raises serious homeland-security concerns."
New York is the eighth state to give licenses to undocumented aliens.
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“New York is the eighth state to give licenses to illegal aliens”
Any REAL POTUS would stop this immediately!
Yippers!
“You know we’re in trouble when threads that depict the glaring destruction of our sovereignty get a few dozen posts, and NASCARS going in circles get about 1000”
There should be 400 posts to this thread!
Unfortunately, there isn’t much NY residents can do to stop this suicidal action on the part of NYS. The state is too liberal, even with Upstate NY in it.
I called my state senator and my assembly rep. about it.
I feel very sorry for the Upstaters. NYC controls the whole state and should serve as a warning to states with large cities and to any movement to abolish the Electoral College. I’ve concluded that the mental processes of people who live in a hive like atmosphere are completely different from those who like a more solitary and spacious existence. I know this doesn’t apply across the board as I know of some liberals who like large properties and some conservatives who choose to live in large cities but on the whole I believe it’s true. Kind of an osmosis of insanity because of close living conditions.
I used to be an upstater myself, changed my residency to Florida earlier this year. I hope that doesn’t offend anyone actually from Florida. I actually am stationed overseas. The wife and I were just sick and tired of the taxes and the feeling that our votes didn’t make a difference.
I actually think it is ridiculous if your name is Hopkins, Jones or McClintock and you have a birth certificate or SS card. But, the liberals here want to just hand them out to anybody who can pay and possibly register to vote. The insurance lobby wants the policy payments and they don't care where the money comes from.
Amazing how large groups of new voters get preferential treatment over large groups of voters. It can only mean they think they own those already registered to vote.
Same here, these people have to be hounded just as the Senate was when they attempted to pass amnesty.
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