Posted on 06/13/2019 6:38:45 AM PDT by Enlightened1
The New York State Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses.
Passing the lower chamber of the New York State Legislature with a vote of 86-47, the bill needs only to pass the New York State Senate before heading to the desk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has expressed his readiness to sign it.
The law would allow residents to use passports from other countries and other foreign-issued documents to prove their identities at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The state's Association of County Clerks is opposed to the law, arguing that its members will not always be able to identify whether foreign documents are genuine.
"County level DMVs have not been required to verify foreign documents in the past as this is currently a federal function, most commonly done during the working visa process," the president of the bipartisan association said in a public statement, according to the Press-Republican.
Republican New York state Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara accused Gov. Cuomo and the Democratic leaders of the Legislature of "making New York State a haven for lawbreakers," and warns that the bill puts "overall public safety and security at risk, imposes another unfunded [mandate] on counties, and asks local, law-abiding public servants to break the law.”
Supporters of the law claim that it will lower insurance costs, discourage hit-and-runs, and facilitate transportation of undocumented workers to and from their place of employment.
The law is not well-supported outside of the New York metropolitan area, with 61% of New York voters opposed to it, according to a March Siena poll.
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What is the difference between an illegal alien crashing into you that has a license and one that does not have a license?
Could the Congress pass a law banning the illegals from obtaining driver’s licenses?..............
I am sure they could work something, but that is never going to happen with the DNC leadership leadership and wobbly RNC.
Coming soon to YOUR State to Dilute YOUR vote: Motor Illegal Voter Laws.
Just curious...what prevents me from putting on migrant-clothing, walking into NYC, and asking for a license without any form of ID? It seems to me that I could just make up a fake Honduran ID real easy, walk in and claim undocumented status, and just start a plain new life with this NYC license.
Yep they are going to dilute all the legal and lawful votes in order to bring down New York and ultimately the USA.
Exactly what I was thinking.
That is exactly it.
Maybe this will wake up the majority of New Yorkers to the destructiveness of the Democrat Party.
I can dream.
If you drive without insurance, you could lose your license?
LOL
Would make a NY drivers license worthless as a form of ID.
Lower insurance costs? So people who care nothing about our immigration laws will magically follow our insurance laws? I didn’t know that NY legalized all drugs.
That is not going to stop illegals.
“What is the difference between an illegal alien crashing into you that has a license and one that does not have a license?”
The one with the license can vote
We just need a New Regulation by President Trump:
In all jurisdictions that allow foreign nationals to obtain a license to drive a motor vehicle, said Jurisdiction Shall be Financially Responsible for any Injury or Loss to any US Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
I reside in the once great New York State. The only thing the driver license will do is to establish residency for an ILLEGAL, to give him or her voting rights!!!! Those nit wit politicians need to be strung up!
Well, the difference is illegals are a protected class with or without a license. It’s you who will be charged with driving recklessly and will end up buying him a new car.
Pass it, Yes.
Would it survive a legal challenge under the 10th Amendment, no.
Obviously, which is why I added the LOL.
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