Posted on 09/26/2003 12:27:18 AM PDT by Coral Snake
COMING TO AMERICA Group seeks to ban California license as ID Argues illegal aliens could use them to board passenger planes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: September 26, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jon Dougherty © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Immigration-reform advocates are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to ban the use of California driver's licenses as identification for boarding passenger planes, now that illegal aliens can obtain them.
"Since it is now so easy for anyone, including illegal aliens and terrorists, to get a California driver's permit, it is clear that such a document no longer provides any assurance that the holder deserves to be allowed a seat on an airplane," said Ed Nelson, chairman of U.S. Border Control, in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
As WorldNetDaily reported, California lawmakers and Gov. Gray Davis passed legislation earlier this month allowing illegal aliens in the state to apply for and receive a driver's license.
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Screw that! How about the federal governenment step in and strike down Davis' illegal law that grants the licenses to illegals. And while they're at it, they can arrest Davis for treason.
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