Posted on 10/27/2007 10:16:55 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Feds strike ID deal over NY licenses
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago
The Bush administration and New York agreed Saturday on a compromise creating a more secure driver's license for U.S. citizens and allowing illegal immigrants to get a version.
New York is the fourth state to reach such an agreement, after Arizona, Vermont and Washington. The issue is pressing for border states, where new and tighter rules are soon to go into effect for crossings.
The deal comes about one month after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced a plan whereby illegal immigrants with a valid foreign passport could obtain a license.
The agreement with the Homeland Security Department will create a three-tier license system in New York, the largest state to sign on so far to the government's post-Sept. 11 effort to make identification cards more secure.
Spitzer, who has faced much criticism on the issue, said the deal means New York "will usher in the most secure licensing system in the nation."
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he was not happy that New York intended to issue IDs to illegal immigrants. But he said there was nothing he could do to stop it.
"I don't endorse giving licenses to people who are not here legally, but federal law does allow states to make that choice," Chertoff said.
New York will produce one ID that will be as secure as a passport and is intended for people who soon will need to meet such requirements, even for a short drive to Canada.
A second version of the license will meet new federal standards of the Real ID Act, a law designed to make it much harder for illegal immigrants or would-be terrorists to obtain licenses.
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“I don’t endorse giving licenses to people who are not here legally, but federal law does allow states to make that choice,” Chertoff said.
What a weasel...
How secure can they be if they're giving them out in ANY version to lawbreakers?
Thankfully I left NY while the getting was good.
Coming to a flight near you: terrorists, fugitives from justice and other people scamming the system, with the outright help of this communist who doesn’t care about you and me.
Coming to a flight near you
That’s right....9/11 was a failure of our immigration system...and here we are 6 years later...it’s all a joke as far as i’m concerned.
Gotta’ be a specific individual who worked this deal out. All we need is her name ~ no doubt she’s down here in the DC area.
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3 different Driver licenses? What a mess thats going to be.
The SPP (Bush’s front group) wants to create a North American license.
How many illegal immigrants have valid foreign passports? Mostly just overseas immigrants would be my guess.
The agreement with the Homeland Security Department will create a three-tier license system in New York, the largest state to sign on so far to the government's post-Sept. 11 effort to make identification cards more secure.
Ah, that'll fix it. /s
Government is the definition of stupid.
“Thankfully I left NY”
You may have left NY, but that does not mean that this “new” ID system will not be coming to your new home or a state near you. This opens up the doors for others states to use NY as a guideline.
Rebuilding Gorelick’s wall?
Scumbags. It's only "allowed" because it was stuck in the fine print of the RealID act.
Bingo! This is exactly what this is about.
Every action they take that pushes us closer to the “day of reckoning” is progress. Why pretend any longer that all of this crap is going to be resolved peacefully?
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