From the S.F. Chronical editorial "Intelligence vs. immigrants":

Attempts to improve the nation's security should not be used as a cover to carry out a stealth attack against immigrants.

That is in effect what Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and his allies in the House of Representatives have been trying to do by blocking the bill to overhaul the nation's intelligence system in exchange for immigration provisions that are, at best, tangentially related to the war against terrorism...

Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers had a combined total of 63 driver's licenses. The Sensenbrenner provisions would have attempted to prevent future terrorists from getting driver's licenses.

Since the 9/11 hijackers used those driver's licenses to function on a day-to-day basis in the U.S. before the attacks, it's clear that the Sensenbrenner provisions were directly related to preventing future terrorist attacks.

The editorial continues with a few more paragraphs and a few more lies. Strangely, it includes a swipe at FAIR:

...The materials on [FAIR's] Web site include ''sample messages'' for callers to deliver to key legislators, such as: ''America cannot be truly protected as long as states issue driver's licenses to all comers, including terrorists.''

Holy Moses! An advocacy group includes "sample messages" for people to give to their congresscritters?!?! What is the world coming to?

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