Posted on 05/04/2002 10:30:56 AM PDT by summer
A Times Editorial
No drivers' licenses for illegals
© St. Petersburg Times
published May 3, 2002
Democratic state Rep. Bob Henriquez of Tampa says the tighter procedures adopted by the state driver's license bureau Sept. 11 are disadvantaging Hispanics in his district, particularly undocumented workers. He says the state might want to consider providing a special driver's license to people here illegally. Come again?
While we understand that many Hispanics here illegally are contributing to the state's economy by working hard for little pay -- picking produce on farms, washing dishes in restaurants and making beds in hotels -- the state should not be legitimizing this often exploitative underground economy. The millions of people who live in this country illegally should not be rewarded for jumping the line. They have come here in violation of immigration rules that others from their country who wish to emigrate are patiently following.
Even before the nation went on a terrorism alert after the Sept. 11 attacks, the state was taking actions to ensure that driver's license applicants were legal residents and were the person they said they were. Bob Sanchez, spokesman for the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, says the state had already been moving toward a tighter screening process to address identity theft.
Henriquez has a point when he complains that documented immigrants are sometimes finding it difficult to prove their legal status. The more vigilant the DHSMV is in checking and verifying documentation, the more likely people with odd situations will have a hassle. Some legal immigrants, for example, only have a court order granting them political asylum and don't have the typical green card. Sanchez says the department will grant non-citizens a 30-day temporary license while it double-checks their paperwork. He said new scanning devices will help expedite the process.
As for Henriquez's other concern -- the inability of illegal immigrants to get a driver's license -- he should forget it.
IMO, the paper isn't supporting Jeb. The writer is probaly worried about taxes and plain old safety. My car broke down, and an immigrant from Trinidad was nice enough to take me home from work. We were having a nice, enjoyable conversation while driving South on Rt 13...until he made made an Eastbound turn at one of those turnaround spots, and wound up heading South on Northbound 13.
Check this out, Cake. I am not doing a thread on this because this is about the POTUS recount. IT IS THE DEMOCRAT'S ONLY BATTLE CRY. They have no real issues to inspire and to lead with.
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/05/05/State/Blacks__Jeb_will_pay_.shtml
Oh, for cyin' in a bucket. So they voted illegally, and/or didn't fill the ballot out right. Who gives a big, fat hairy rat's hind end? I notice the article conveniently forgets to mention thousands of disenfranchized military voters, al la Algore.
McBride/Wacobunny will pay for THOSE.
Besides, the votes have been counted hundreds of times, and President Bush won every time.
Yes--but living at the mercy of criminals is not exactly freedom either.
What would you expect a business owner to do?
If a business owner is honest and strives to hire only U.S. citizens, he'll soon find himself out of business because his competitor is able to undercut him by hiring cheaply paid illegals.
I dunno . . . maybe the problem is the "damn crooked" American public who patronize those businesses.
Have you checked to see who picked the last apple you bought?
Stongly opposed by DemocRATS because it's easier to get illegals to vote democrat than dead people.
You mean "who is the hold up?", don't you? I think you and I know exactly "who" the holdup is. Hint, he has jug ears and looks like Dopey on Snow White.
Actually, you may have something there.
Liberals have formed organizations that put stickers on various products of which they approve--labels that indicate whether a certain garment was made by exploited third world peasants, for example.
Why can't we put form organizations to put labels on produce to show it was picked by American citizens, as for example the following:
This Apple was picked for you by Mrs. Brooks' 11th grade class afterschool. Purchasing this product helps American children save for college while teaching them the value of honest work in America's healthful great outdoors. We hope you enjoy our apples. Thank you!
Oh DEAR!
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