Someone explain why the DMV be open to the feds? Isn’t the DMV federal?
No, the DMV is not federal. But the federal government has the right and responsibility in matters of immigration. The issue here is an edict from Albany says the county clerks must hand out driver’s licenses to literally ANYONE - especially illegals - with no way of validating their information.
It is right now more difficult to transfer your ID from a different state as an American than it is to simply walk across the Rio Grande, and make it to the first DMV in NY.
Once in NY you can go (and/or vote) anywhere. Since this legislation was passed, there has been a public uproar from County Clerks, Sheriffs, and even Canadians (common border with NY).
This is why the federal government is involved. In real legal terms, the State of New York is forcing county clerks to engage in what some may call human-trafficking - all for the sake of planting more bodies in NY to avoid losing even more representation in Congress.
And that, my friend, is more than just my $0.02.
jimjohn - OUT