California: Tancredo to introduce bill to cut off highway funds to California

KFMB Radio, AM760 San Diego | September 5, 2003 | John Jorsett (me)

[John Jorsett]

Congressman Tom Tancredo (R, Colorado) appeared on the Rick Roberts radio show this morning and said that as soon as Gray Davis signs SB60 (related story on FR here), he will introduce a bill in congress to cut highway funds to states that grant driver's licenses to people who are here illegally. It will take a long while to become enacted, if ever, but at least it's something.

While I welcome help from any quarter, I think it's disgraceful that we have to rely on a congressman from another state to do even this much. A caller to the show said that she contacted the office of congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R, California) and was told that Cunningham would oppose such a bill if it were introduced. I always thought Cunningham was more of a standup guy, but it looks like even he is caving in to this crap.

[TheSpottedOwl]

US passports. Is this what we've come to?

[Melas]

Sounds rather disengenuous to me. Why wait for Davis to sign the bill? 3 or 4 other states have already passed laws that read exactly the same. Why wait for California?

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Perhaps it is time for California voters about to be seriously inconvenienced by other states' reaction to this insane bill will realize it it time to be a lot more careful with their votes when they go to the polls - the politicians who are doing this DL thing were elected by the voters about to go "boo hoo, not me" when they can't drive, cash checks, etc in other states.

[funkywbr]

Congressman Tom Tancredo (R, Colorado) appeared on the Rick Roberts radio show this morning and said that as soon as Gray Davis signs SB60 (related story on FR here), he will introduce a bill in congress to cut highway funds to states that grant driver's licenses to people who are here illegally.

It will take a long while to become enacted, if ever, but at least it's something.

He sounds like a Democrat proposing something that will never happen and then saying well at least I tried.