Posted on 08/02/2019 7:59:53 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Less than six weeks after Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed into law New York’s so-called “Green Light Bill,” Assembly Bill (AB) 3675, which allows illegal aliens to apply for drivers’ licenses, a second county clerk has stepped forward to sue the state in an attempt to prevent the law from taking effect. On July 24, Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola (R) followed Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns (D) lead and filed suit. Recent polls show a clear majority of New Yorkers are against giving drivers’ licenses to illegal aliens.
Rensselaer County Clerk Merola called the Green Light Law a “travesty,” saying “[t]he Governor and State legislature are not listening to the people; perhaps they may listen to the courts.” “New York residents have stated loudly and clearly that they are opposed to driver’s license for illegal aliens and all we get from the NYC liberals are lectures and banalities about how good this law will be.” He later added that “[e]very part of the [Green Light] law is off the mark … Everything is against the federal regulations.”
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin (R) described the lawsuit as “a necessary response to Albany’s out of control contempt for any semblance of governance. Albany is back to its old tricks of pushing legislation through in the eleventh hour to appease a vocal minority without considering the impact on county government operations and our taxpayers.”
County Executive McLaughlin highlighted the security risks from the new law, noting it “says that you don't need a Social Security number to get a license … It is absolutely the exact opposite of what the 911 commission said to do.” But unlike Albany, he said, “Rensselaer County is committed to upholding the well-reasoned Federal immigration laws and protecting our residents.”
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PING!
American citizens don’t have “standing”, though foreign nationals, illegal aliens do.
Got it.
If you took an American into most other countries, and he needed a license....they would not discuss the matter until he provides a visa or residence permit. I wouldn’t have a problem with some alien here on some four-year period for college, with a limited four-year visa...getting a driver’s license that is limited to four years.
But the idea that the guy shows up with no real ID (passport, national ID, etc), and gets the license without any visa/residence paperwork? No, that simply won’t work.
Do they have to take a driving test? Grading that test is highly subjective.
But what does Cuomo care, he probably doesn't even DRIVE.
That’s the case here in Japan. Once you have the legal residence status, they put you through hoops sending you to driving school and I know many who had to try many times to get that license. It’s built into the system and many pay up to $2000 to the driving school.
Odds of them getting a leftist judge in Buffalo, overwhelming. In Albany, maybe.
Does being relatively easy on the eyes help?
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