The vehicle insurance companies have been pushing for this for some time now.
It brings them thousands more customers.
“Supporters of the measure say Illinois has about 250,000 illegal immigrant motorists who can’t get a driver’s license or insurance. Allowing illegal immigrants to obtain a license would mean more of those drivers would have to pass road and written driving tests and vision tests, supporters say. Also, uninsured, unlicensed immigrant drivers are responsible for $64 million in insurance claims each year – costs that are picked up by people with insurance.”
“Also, uninsured, unlicensed immigrant drivers are responsible for $64 million in insurance claims each year – costs that are picked up by people with insurance.””
And of course if the illegals don’t pay their insurance, that would be breaking the law (a notion they would surely find repugnant). /s
Maybe the auto insurance lobby will instigate a democrat-sponsored government program to pick up the illegals’ insurance tabs.
What these moronic supporters of this law fail to recognize is that these ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS already broke FEDERAL LAW by entering our country ILLEGALLY, so why would they bother obeying a STATE law?
No, getting a drivers license DOES NOT equate to buying INSURANCE to drive! These ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, who should be CONVICTED FELONS and sitting in jail SHOULD NOT be REWARDED for breaking FEDERAL *AND* STATE LAW by being given a drivers license and subsequently registered to vote!
I live in Illinois and had to renew my drivers license Monday as it's expiring. When you're renewing or getting a license for the first time, the state worker at the Secretary of State facility asks "would you like to register to vote?" I know, because I was asked on Monday.
There's no requirement to show proof of citizenship! Motor Voter laws are SCAMS to put ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS on the voting rolls, period. We all know which party gains from that: DEMOCRATS.