Posted on 09/21/2007 8:43:30 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
Illegal immigrants in New York will be allowed to obtain New York State driver's licenses under a new policy that the Spitzer administration is expected to announce shortly, a source said.
"The facts show that restricting immigrants's access to driver's licenses does nothing to improve security," a spokeswoman for Mr. Spitzer, Christine Anderson, told the Associated Press in October. "All it does is drive immigrants into the shadows, creating a class of people with no public records."
Opponents of the proposed changes said restrictions on giving licenses to illegal immigrants help to prevent identity theft and thwart terrorist attacks. They note that the September 11, 2001 plane hijackers had at least 35 licenses, which helped them to rent cars and open bank accounts.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
I think the Feds will like this method...they merely review the new license registrations and drive up to the address to arrest the illegal. We can probably clean out New York in 60 days.
At this point...I’d say that the voting system in the US is now completely unreliable...with almost anyone registering to vote.
Bump-to-the-top! (thanks for the ping, gubamyster)
We're changing our policy with respect to getting more people out of shadows and into the system so people don't hide they're here," Spitzer said.
He said the current restrictions on non-citizens have filled the roads with unlicensed drivers five times more likely to get into accidents.
Five times more likely to get into accidents!!??? I guess he is assuming that the process of getting a driver's license will transform all of these illegals into excellent drivers. The same people who enter the country illegally and have no problem with violating the law every time they drive a car now will magically become at least as good at driving as the average person on the road. I guess all the illegals on the most wanted lists in California and elsewhere would become law-abiding citizens if they only had green cards.
“Even Arnold was smart enough to put the kabash on this BS”
Which ain’t saying much :-)
“Current federal law 8USC 1373(a) PROHIBITS SANCTUARY CITIES”
Bush and Chertoff will make sure nothing happens to thwart sanctuary cities.
“Encorce the laws? We don’ need to enforce no stinkin laws!”
Does anyone know, how would an illegal alien get car insurance?
“Can you believe that...? Just sickening.”
It sure is, and all conservatives from NYS should write editor’s letters about Spitzer, particularly before his next election.
I wrote an editor’s letter before the gubernatorial election, but maybe if a LOT of us write them, it will make a difference.
:-)
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