Calif. bill would protect unlicensed drivers from arrest

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/11/11 | Vivian Ho, Chronicle Staff Writer

[SmithL]

A bill loaded with immigration politics and potential implications for highway safety has landed on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.

The legislation by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, would change police procedures at drunken-driving checkpoints, prohibiting officers from arresting drivers and immediately impounding their cars if their only offense is not having a license.

Supporters say the bill, AB353, would impose a consistent policy statewide - some agencies confiscate unlicensed drivers' cars now, and some do not - while keeping DUI checkpoints from being turned into traps for otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants who cannot obtain licenses.

"In most parts of California, you basically have to have a car," said Mark Silverman, director of immigration policy at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. "You have to be able to drive to survive, to get anywhere. Because of that, the truth is, immigrant drivers without licenses will be driving anyway because of the necessity. The towing of cars will not stop people from driving."

But for families who have lost loved ones because of unlicensed drivers, the bill would endanger everyone who uses the roads.

[factoryrat]

But only if you’re an illegal alien, otherwise you get arrested and fined to pay for the destruction and carnage caused by illegals driving illegaly.

[newzjunkey]

HA! I knew from the headline this would be from Cedillo. It had “illegal alien protect racket” written all over.

[newzjunkey]

Email Moonbeam

Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160

[SMM48]

So, I guess Kalifornia will be laying off thousands of DMV workers due to lack of business?

[hedgetrimmer]

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[NormsRevenge]

One Bill Gil’s shining hour..

..for families who have lost loved ones because of unlicensed drivers, the bill would endanger everyone who uses the roads.

Deport the a’holes.. They love their illegal status so much..

[Bob]

The towing of cars will not stop people from driving.

Well, in that case, let's follow up the towing with an immediate incarceration followed by an expedited deportation. Doing that may help.

[microgood]

They guys didn’t land on the beaches of Normandy to fight Communism and in the US, one has always had to show papers for various reasons.

From renting videos to going through customs.

Checkpoints, on the other hand, are a violation of the 4th Amendment. And the Supreme Court even admitted it when they granted an exception (although they really have no power to do so) for sobriety checkpoints.

Those people who landed at Normandy were protecting our freedoms, and would probably be disturbed to know we have adopted some Nazi methods (checkpoints) for controlling our citizens.