[Tennessee Nana]

"Those who have come to the United States illegally should not be rewarded with a New York state driver's license," he said."

Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, New York Republican, is right...Yhello?

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[nj26]

They might as well just hand the keys to the state over to Bin Laden... It’s beyond disgusting and the people of New York are ready to revolt.. at least based upon the recent polls.

[Gay State Conservative]

States that issue driver’s licenses to illegals should have serious sums of Federal $$$ withheld from them.

[rabscuttle385]

The decision runs counter to Mr. Spitzer's order, in which illegal aliens with valid foreign passports would be eligible to obtain a state driver's license.

A New York driver's license which could then be readily exchanged for a driver's license in any of the other 49 states.

[pissant]

Spitzer should be prosecuted, then shot.

[kawaii]

The issue heated up late last week, when the Monroe County legislature defied the governor and ordered its county clerk to require anyone seeking a driver's license to provide a valid Social Security number.

That's like asking someone to prove their Catholic by naming A pope. Illegals already have stolen SSNs.

[Nomorjer Kinov]

Per the Real I.D. Act of 2005 ...

Immigration Requirements Verification of U.S. Citizenship and Lawful Status §202(c)(2)(A), (B)

Before issuing a DL/ID, a state shall require and verify valid documentary evidence that the person: (i) is a U.S. citizen, (ii) is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary residence, (iii) has a conditional permanent resident status, (iv) ) is a refugee or has been granted asylum, (v) has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status, (vi) has a pending application for asylum, (vii) has a pending or approved application for temporary protected status, (viii) has approved deferred status, or (ix) has a pending application for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or conditional permanent resident status.

Is Spitzer planning on complying with the lawful requirements in making the non-conforming ID's a different color or in other ways, different?

Non-Conforming DL/IDs
§202(d)(11) In any case in which a state issues a DL/ID that does not satisfy the federal requirements, a state shall ensure that that the DL/ID: (A) clearly states on its face that it may not be accepted for federal identification or any other official purpose, and (B) uses a unique design or color indicator to alert federal agencies or other law enforcement personnel that it may not be accepted for any such purpose.

Maybe it's just another law Spitz can ignore. Good thing he's the guv.

[DoughtyOne]

Recall that rat bastard!

[Westlander]

[SIDENET]

Not to worry, President Bush will put a stop to this in order to defend the sovereignty of the United States and the safety of its citizens.

[kbingham]

Well, as long as they leave California and go to the East Coast, I’d be Ok with it, but they won’t in the kind of numbers required to pull the collective head out of the east coast’s @ss.

By the time they get a dose of -actual- multiculturalism in action, it will be too late.

[rovenstinez]

Let’s do the math: If he has 1,000,000 illegals, and each one pays $40.00 for a license, he just collected 40 million dollars into his budget.

[KTM rider]

California has been doing this for about 20 years or more. They haul virtually ALL of the sea containers out of the Port of Los Angeles

[fhayek]

Our illustrious senator Charles Schumer was asked about Spitzer’s illegal alien driver’s license scheme. He said that he didn’t want to get involved in what he viewed as a state matter. He did, of course, have time to get involved with signing the Rush Limbaugh smear letter.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

It’s not about the motor; it’s about the voter. Say NO to licenses for illegals!

[chuckles]

They won't drill for oil on the east coast but don't care about a dirty bomb? Even a wind farm is verboten but a mushroom cloud is a welcome event?

I guess I'm just one of those ignorant rednecks that just don't get it.

[raisetheroof]

Since a driver's license is used for driving, boarding planes, renting cars, getting hotel rooms,... one way to stop this would be for the other states to refuse to recognize any New York driver's license.

After all, if a state cannot tell the difference between people here legally or not by this license, how else can it protect itself but by assuming that they are all fake. Essentially, New Yorkers would then be unable legally to travel anywhere outside of the state.

That would create such a stink, that the governor would have to rescind his order.

[b4its2late]

Even that lefty pollster Zogby got a 65% thumbs down from NYers... Spitzer should be impeached.

[Travis McGee]

QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.

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Current federal law 8USC 1373(a) PROHIBITS SANCTUARY CITIES. It reads as follows:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of federal, state, or local law, a federal, state, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual."

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U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"

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Invasion: \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.] [1913 Webster]

1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

[mewzilla]

A Zogby survey of 718 likely voters in New York found that 65 percent of the state's voters are against the proposal.

Snort. It's a lot higher than that.

And any local elected official who doesn't do his/her darndedst to stop Spitzer from going ahead with this is going to lose his/her job.