[usadave]

Despite the bill being killed last week in a state senate committee, Eagle County Sheriff A. J. Johnson agree with Tupa. “We need to deal with this issue,” he says. “If these people are here illegally, we should do something about it, give them some kind of permit that allows them to get a drivers license, get insurance and use their real names. Many are not criminal, but our system somewhat pushes them to be criminals.”

“We all agreed that this bill was in the best interest of our communities,” he (Johnson) says. “We stop a lot of illegals in Eagle County — because there are a lot of illegals here — so we need to find a solution. If somebody is here illegally, we should start giving them some kind of documents.”

I can't believe this guy A.J. Johnson actually holds a position as important as County Sheriff. He seems to be a true illegal immigrant hugger along with being a nutcase. I sure feel sorry for the law abiding citizens living in Eagle County, Colorado.

[Grampa Dave]

usadave, thanks for posting this. This is obviously a left wing socialist before he is a sheriff. Illegal aliens are not criminals in his eyes. God help those who live in his county!

Tupa is a brown terrorist like the brown terrorists of La Raza. He will do anything to weaken this nation in the name of diversity! Actually I see no differences in the Tupas and the Arafattys!

Joe and Saber more law breaking for the illegal aliens, fyi!

[Waco]

Somebody needs to get their $h-t straight. These a-holes should resign. The INS is purposely undermineing our security in time of war, brazenly. Deport em morons!

[Chuckster]

"If these people are here illegally, we should do something about it........."

Well, Sheriff, you're a law enforcement officer aren't you? Why don't you arrest them and turn them over to the INS for deportation?

[ijcr]

it is AMERICANS who are giving illegals a pass. Hiring them,harboring them,it is time for the IIRICA to bite, and if it means a sherrif or three going to jail for harboring, let's get it on.

[PointRight]

Illegal immigrants are destroying our social services and making a mockery of the rule of law. I say one illegal foot over the border = one foot into the grave. Life should not be made easy for them -- they should be afraid.
You want in? Get in line and do it the right way like many others do!!!

[Migraine]

Someone needs to tell Ron (One-Potato) Tupa to go to Mexico illegally and see if the Federales will give HIM a drivers license and health/education/welfare benefits. They would just laugh their fandangos off as they threw him in the slammer.

[pray4liberty]

“It’s a hypocritical situation in a lot of ways,” Johnson says. “Some legislators say (undocumented immigrants) shouldn’t be allowed because they’re illegal. But, on the other hand, they don’t do anything about them being illegal.”

And whose fault is that, pray tell? We've tried sending them back, cutting benefits, etc., but the will of the people only gets squelched by activist judges and their rulings.

This is a slap in the face to natural-born Americans and those who became Americans the legal way.

[pray4liberty]

When Sen. Ron Tupa, D-Boulder, sponsored Senate Bill 67, which would allow undocumented immigrants to get a driver license in Colorado, his goal was to increase road and public safety and to strengthen law enforcement, he says.

B.S. He wants more votes via Motor Voter, and he doesn't care how he gets them, either.

[TomServo]

“If these people are here illegally, we should do something about it, give them some kind of permit that allows them to get a drivers license, get insurance and use their real names. Many are not criminal, but our system somewhat pushes them to be criminals.”

I don't believe this jackass of a sheriff actually said this. I guess doing his job is too much for him.

[TomServo]

You may email the kind Sheriff here

[healey22]

I assume from this idiotic idea that they would like to also issue driver licenses to illegal alien terrorist just like the state of Virginia did.

[Neets]

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One word ...DEPORTATION....

[scholar]

undocumented immigrants for driving while intoxicated who don’t have insurance or a driver license on a weekly basis. “This compounds their cases and raises their bonds,” Johnson says. “So a lot of them stay in jail.”

Aw shucks! Lord this makes my blood boil--if we citizens didn't have a drivers license or insurance, our butts would be in jail until we found someone who could afford to bond US out. I frankly don't know anyone who could afford to bond me out of those kind of charges at the drop of a hat.

[varon]

“If these people are here illegally, we should do something about it, give them some kind of permit that allows them to get a drivers license, get insurance and use their real names. Many are not criminal, but our system somewhat pushes them to be criminals.

What a novel idea. These folks did something illegal only because our system's laws made their actions illegal.

Just how long will it take for some enterprising attorney to mount a defense for, let's say a burglary charge, by claiming that his client would not be guilty if it wasn't for our laws. Therefore the the system is at fault and the guilty party. I'll try to use that logic next time I get a speeding ticket. "Your honor, I wouldn't be guilty of speeding if it wasn't for the stupid law and that stupid radar and that stupid officer. They're the ones at fault" ;-)

[SR71A]

Many thanks for the article, although it just gives me more immigration heartburn. =)

“There are a lot of people in the valley who drive without licenses and their illegal status prevents them from getting one,” says Rene Martinez of the Hispanic group La Mesa. “This also has an impact on the economy, because a lot of them have jobs and need to commute.”

Nearly every article I've read about illegals (NOT "undocumented"), and there seems to be more and more of them, always seems to have some commentary from "advocates" like Martinez, or "support groups" like "La Mesa". When is the government going to CRACK DOWN on these individuals and groups for AIDING and ABETTING illegal immigration???

I'm not going to hold my breath.

[MadRobotArtist]

Here in Minneapolis, we had an illegal driving a van kill some people while driving, and I can tell you, a driver's license is NOT going to make people safer on the roads. This illegal ran from the scene, on foot no less, and hasn't been apprehended. His buddies who were in the van pretended only to speak spanish, to help him get away. The driver fled back to Mexico, and will probably be back in the states in a month or so when the heat dies down. This happened in December, and guaranteed he was probably unlicensed, and uninsured.

All Illegals need to be rounded up and deported, no matter how important their place in American Society.

[Lion's Cub]

At a recent meeting by a state sheriffs’ association, Johnson says, about 50 sheriffs showed support for Tupa’s bill.

I saw some idiot LEO puting forth this position on TV the other day. Seems some of them are being put in the forefront to push for this.

[angkor]

In Eagle County, Johnson says, sheriffs’ deputies pick up several undocumented immigrants for driving while intoxicated who don’t have insurance or a driver license on a weekly basis.

I agree things would be so much better if illegal aliens could drive drunk with a Colorado driver's license and insurance.

But doesn't Colorado DWI call for mandatory license revocation?