Driver's licenses for illegal aliens flops in Redding

From Lawmaker wants to ease driver's license rules:

Hollywood stars' powers of persuasion are apparently negligible in the north state when it comes to the issue of providing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants...

[...Gil Cedillo and his Let Our Nannies Drive bill...]

But the glitz and glamour has had little effect on shoppers interviewed Friday in front of two Redding stores...

Cedillo's bill, meanwhile, faces opposition from Sen. Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, and Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, their aides said Friday.

Assemblywoman Patty Berg, D-Eureka, whose north coast district includes Trinity County, voted for the driver's license bill last year. Her spokesman could not be reached Friday...

Out of 92 people who were asked about Gil's bill, 83 opposed it. Responses included:

"It's not their (celebrities') jobs that are being taken..."

"How could somebody who's not even supposed to be here get all these things?"

"We've got to tighten the screws on all immigration and evaluate people's backgrounds... I don't think we should give them carte blanche."

"We might have not had 9/11" if some of the terrorists hadn't obtained driver's licenses...

Immigration_dls · Sun, 02/06/2005 - 16:41 · · Importance: 1