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Should illegal aliens get driver's licenses?
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| May 13, 2003
| Phyllis Schafly
Posted on 05/13/2003 4:27:39 PM PDT by UnklGene
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:27:39 PM PDT
by
UnklGene
To: UnklGene
Let's see..are they paying state taxes? If not, no license.
To: UnklGene
This question is best answered with a question. Should illegal aliens get drivers licences? That depends on whether we are really a country that has things like citizenship and rights and laws and responsibilities, or are we not really a country at all?
I remember my whole life being told "driving is not a right, it is a privilege". One that we now give away to people who are not even here legally. Either we assert that we are a nation of laws that EVERYBODY has to obey, or else let's just throw in the towel and admit that our laws are not really enforced any longer, and prepare for the chaos that is sure to follow.
Here's a thought. Why don't we change our citizenship and immigration laws to be exactly like what Mexico has?
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:32:57 PM PDT
by
Billy_bob_bob
("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
To: UnklGene
Whenever I need to go to Europe I order a foreign driver's license, just in case. If they want to continue to issue them here, they should be very obviously different than the local kind.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:34:37 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: UnklGene
No license! If they are here illegally, let them drive illegally as well.
If we give them driver's licenses, they will abuse them as well by using them to vote, collect benefits, etc...
Believe me, it will happen regardless of how provisionary we make the licenses.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:35:04 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: UnklGene
It confers a sort of quasi-citizenship and, as described by one illegal alien in Texas, "The driver's license ends up becoming our pass to be in this country." When I drive in Mexico, I don't have to get a Mexican driver's license ----if a state doesn't want to arrest someone because they're driving with a Mexican driver's license, it's one thing ---giving them a state driver's license implies they're legal residents and they are not. Here illegals can use their Mexican licenses ---to me it's better, the local cop might not ask them their immigration status if they present a Mexican license and weren't committing some serious crime but they can't use those licenses for getting back and forth over the border easily as they could if they had a US license.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:36:11 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: UnklGene
NO. And I don't see anything to discuss about it.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:36:19 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: UnklGene
Um, hang on a sec, lemme try this . . . NO!
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:37:02 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
To: UnklGene
Of course they shouldn't. No brainer. Amazing that they do however.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:37:37 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
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To: UnklGene
Let them get an international license just like I did when I went to Europe. By the way I couldn't get a drivers license in any country I visited. Why should they get a US (State) license while they are here?
To: UnklGene
Yes give the drivers licenses, welfare, Section 8 housing, SSDI, free health care, etc, etc.
I'd post the </sarcasm off> but it's too late. Their already getting all of this and more.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:39:37 PM PDT
by
husky ed
(FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
To: UnklGene
I have known many illegal aliens while living in California. Most of the adults had driver's licenses, and they said they were easy to get as long as you paid the money. The going rate back then was $100 for a license. Those in the DMV can be paid off fairly cheaply, it seems. What about stricter control of that?
To: UnklGene
discover that most of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 carried driver's licenses from Virginia, Florida or New Jersey.The other bad thing ----how could you know anyone from these states are here legally if they make it easy ----the citizens of those states could end up having to prove citizenship in some other way if they were trying to cross an international border while the rest of us just need to show a drivers license. If Florida wants to recognize Mexican licenses, that would be a different matter.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:40:18 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: UnklGene
they can get in-state-tuition...why not driving licences too???
To: Militiaman7
Also I don't think we hand Canadians a US driver's license when they're here driving around ---don't they just use their own?
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:42:07 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: UnklGene
Simple answer. NO!!
To: UnklGene
Any person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) who commits encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
To: unix
The issue came up here in the Tennessee legislature, and the governor supported continuing to provide licenses to illegals. Why? Because he said the state couldn't afford the drop in revenues provided by the license fees. Insanity reigns!
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:48:32 PM PDT
by
Fraulein
To: UnklGene
My view is that we should set up a registered Guest Worker program to handle the need on both sides for Mexican workers in this country. They would not be illegal and should be able to get drivers licences. All others are illegals and should not have any rights associated with citizenship, including licenses and tuition breaks.
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posted on
05/13/2003 4:50:03 PM PDT
by
expatpat
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