Posted on 01/07/2013 8:05:27 AM PST by moonshinner_09
As sheriff of Illinois’ largest county, I am responsible for providing safe roads. We are all safer when every driver is trained, tested, licensed and insured. That is why I support SB957, legislation that requires unlicensed immigrant drivers to obtain Temporary Visitor Driver’s Licenses.
Illinois already offers a Temporary Visitor Driver’s License to immigrants with non-work visas. Immigrants are driving every day. They need to get to work, take their children to school, shop at grocery stores or go to church. The TVDLs are visually distinct with a purple background. They are marked on the front that they are not valid for identification purposes, meaning that they cannot be used to vote, purchase a firearm or board a plane. SB957 expands the TVDL to allow immigrants to drive here legally, on a temporary basis, as long as they are trained, tested and have proof of insurance.
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The sheriff is obviously confused. It is NOT his job to provide safe roads. It is his job to ensure that all of the laws are enforced. Not the same thing. If his job was to ensure safe roads, then he could/should be sued every time someone is injured or killed on roads inside the county limits.
I think I should pretend to be an illegal. I can then get some tax free work and buy a new car!
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