May 06, 2005

"Backdoor license plan"

The L.A. Daily News reports on Gil Cedillo's latest attempts:

SACRAMENTO -- Stymied in his efforts to allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses, Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, has found a backdoor way around the ban with a proposal that would exempt undocumented motorists from vehicle-impound laws...

Cedillo said law enforcement resources should be dedicated to going after serious driving offenses such as drunk driving, not licensing violations by undocumented immigrants.

"That's what the money should be spent for, not towing people's cars who are taking their citizen kids to school, church or the supermarket," Cedillo said in an interview. "It's just a bad policy and it doesn't make sense."

Unlike his measure that would make illegal immigrants eligible for licenses, which was repealed under pressure from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cedillo has pushed for his new bill quietly...

Note the words the Daily News uses; I think they might be slightly getting it. Note also the anchor babies reference by One Bill Gil.

My report on this is here.

Posted to Immigration_dls at May 6, 2005 03:43 PM

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