Driver's license-related Immigration News Archives Digest
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May 01, 2008
From this: FBI agents on Wednesday busted 10 people they termed "special interest illegal aliens" for allegedly trying to use fraudulent documents to get New Mexico drivers licenses. ...While the FBI isn't saying which countries the 10 came from, the news release said "certain countries are associated with special national...
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January 28, 2008
Carolyn Lochhead of the San Francisco Chronicle offers this: Sen. Barack Obama easily won the African American vote in South Carolina, but to woo California Latinos, where he is running 3-to-1 behind rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, he is taking a giant risk: spotlighting his support for the red-hot issue...
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January 12, 2008
From this: Saying Friday's release of final regulations in the U.S. REAL ID Act clears the way, a Los Angeles Democrat said he will move ahead with a bill that would let illegal immigrants obtain driver's licenses. State Sen. Gil Cedillo has previously proposed such legislation, but it has been...
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January 11, 2008
From this Secretary Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security, announced a set of final revisions to the controversial Real ID Act in a press conference this morning. It's not clear at this point how extensive those revisions truly are, but it is clear that DHS feels that...
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December 03, 2007
Peter Beinart (a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations) offers "A Non-Story Remakes the Race". While it contains several other of his "thoughts", this one is relevant to this category: In recent weeks, the Democratic primary campaign has frequently revolved around small, even trivial, issues -- driver's licenses...
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November 15, 2007
On this video from tonight's CNN Democratic debate (youtube.com/watch?v=UQXYYIdjjFg via this), Barack Obama does a partial Hillary Clinton on driver's licenses for illegal aliens, before unequivocally supporting them (followed only by, "but, I am going to be fighting for comprehensive immigration reform"; the "but" part generated peals of laughter from...
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November 13, 2007
Presumably not wanting to join Hillary's List, New York governor Eliot Spitzer will announce tomorrow that he's shelving his unpopular plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens (link): The governor's office signaled to New York lawmakers Tuesday that the morning of the meeting, he will say he is shelving...
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November 05, 2007
Thanks Hillary Clinton (and Eliot Spitzer)! A new Fox 5/Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll says that 77% oppose driver's licenses for illegal aliens, with only 16% supporting the idea. Opposition is at 88% for Republicans, 75% for independents, and 68% for Democrats....
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October 31, 2007
Adam Nagourney of the New York Times offers this: Hillary Rodham Clinton offered support today for Gov. Eliot Spitzer's effort to award New York driver's licenses to illegal immigrants... "Senator Clinton supports governors like Governor Spitzer who believe they need such a measure to deal with the crisis caused by...
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One perhaps overlooked part of Hillary Clinton's wishy-washy non-answer to the question concerning driver's licenses for illegal aliens concerns this: [New York governor Eliot Spitzer is] making an honest effort to [bring illegal aliens "out of the shadows"]. We should have passed immigration reform. The "reform" she mentions wouldn't solve...
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October 30, 2007
This article (link) provides the insider details on how and why Eliot Spitzer "caved" and decided to only give a limited driver's license to illegal aliens. A taste: To try to smooth some of the anger, Mr. Spitzer invited [State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr.] and a half-dozen other lawmakers, most...
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Another day, another New York Times immigration editorial. This time, they're wrong about DLs for IAs in "Governor Spitzer Retreats" (link). They wanted him to be a good soldier in the NYT's war for illegal immigration and stick to the original plan no matter how much it hurt him: Gov....
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I'll replace the following with a transcript when it's available, but from tonight's Democratic debate: [Hillary Clinton says:] [Eliot Spitzer] is trying to make up for the failure of the Bush Administration to address illegal immigration. He's filling a vaccuum... We need to get back to comprehensive immigration reform." Only...
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October 27, 2007
(Picture associated with UPDATE 3 below) From this: The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver's licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. ...Saturday's agreement with the Homeland Security Department will create a...
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October 21, 2007
From this: A new front has opened up in the war over Gov. Eliot Spitzer's undocumented immigrants driver's license controversy - the voting booth. The latest battle lines are being drawn over how the state processes what is popularly called "motor voter" applications, where those seeking drivers' licenses can at...
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October 20, 2007
Richard Clarke - former counterterrorism adviser to Bill Clinton and George Bush - has endorsed Elliot Spitzer's scheme to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens, saying: States should act to register immigrants, legal and illegal, who use our roadways as New York is doing... From a law enforcement and security...
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October 19, 2007
New York state senator Jose Serrano supports New York governor Eliot Spitzer's scheme to give illegal aliens driver's licenses. In this post he discusses an appearance on the Lou Dobbs show: first he race-baits and plays the victim card, implying that those who support enforcement of our immigration laws are...
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From this: A key Republican lawmaker [Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco (R-Schenectady)] disclosed several "smoking gun" e-mails yesterday showing [New York governor Eliot Spitzer]'s administration had OK'd funding for a local health-care clinic last month - before suddenly canceling the grant on Monday after his attack on Spitzer's plan to...
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October 16, 2007
From this: Seventy-two percent of New York voters who have read or heard about the [New York governor Eliot Spitzer's] proposal to allow undocumented aliens to obtain New York driver's licenses oppose the Governor's plan, while only 22 percent support it, according to a new Siena (College) Research Institute poll...
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October 12, 2007
Two Rhode Island DMV clerks (Soraya Santiago and Dolores Rodriguez-LaFlamme) have been arrested for selling driver's licenses to illegal aliens and drug dealers. From this: ...[Rodriguez-LaFlamme]... had already been ordered deported. Her application for adjusted immigration status had been denied after a federal investigation discovered two fraudulent marriages, according to...
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October 09, 2007
From this: Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer's new policy that permits illegal immigrants to obtain New York State driver's licenses is "an absurd" decision that will provide a new gateway for terrorists, a member of the federal commission that investigated the 2001 World Trade Center attacks warns. "It's a perfect formula...
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October 08, 2007
From this: Gov. Ted Kulongoski is suggesting a two-tiered system for Oregon driver's licenses: one card for those who can prove they're citizens and another for those who can't. ...The license for those who provide proof of "legal presence" would become an official identification card, for use at airports, banks...
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October 03, 2007
It's no suprise that the New York Immigration Coalition - a group that doesn't seem to understand the word "illegal" - would come out in support (link) of Eliot Spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. UPDATE: If you're in NY state, there's a petition - including a...
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October 02, 2007
Tomorrow, October 3 at 10am in Manhattan various state Republicans will be leading a meeting to discuss New York governor Eliot Spitzer's scheme to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Those attending include Rep. Tom Tancredo, columnist/former INS employee Mike Cutler, Peter Gadiel (9/11 Families for a Secure America) and...
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September 28, 2007
From this: [New York governor Eliot Spitzer's scheme to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens] starts in December but is already under fire from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a pro-immigration politician who said the change could lead to the state's licenses not being acceptable proof of identification for...
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September 27, 2007
New York governor Eliot Spitzer wants to allow illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses. Now, some county clerks are pushing back: [Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnott-Gardner says:] "I don't see why we should make the requirements more lenient for illegal immigrants than they are for our own citizens." ...State Assemblyman...
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September 23, 2007
New York governor Eliot Spitzer will allow illegal aliens to get New York driver's licenses beginning in 2008. You may recall New York City as home to a terror attack that took place on 9/11/01 and whose perpetrators were able to obtain 35 or so driver's licenses from various states....
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March 28, 2007
The Illinois House approved HR 1100 earlier today, which would give illegal aliens "driving certificates" which supposedly would (link to text): clearly state on its face that it may not be accepted by any federal agency for any federal identification or other official purpose... [and] ...may not be used to...
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February 24, 2007
The Los Angeles Times has an unsigned editorial called "Let illegal immigrants get licenses". They don't have an detailed list of reasons why we should do that, and they don't answer the large number of objections. Other than "just because", they think we should do it because they're here now,...
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January 27, 2007
Welcome to the second edition of "Working For Mexico, Or Just Acts Like It?", which will feature legislators and others who - while they may not actually be receiving cash payments from Mexico - certainly act like it (previously: Kyrsten Sinema). It's also the ninth edition of this post's subject,...
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January 20, 2007
New York governor Eliot Spitzer is considering giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Former governor Pataki required social security numbers to get a license, but the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License says he's about to repeal that: "The 9/11 Commission pointed out that the 19 terrorists had at least...
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September 29, 2006
This was expected, but never fear as California state senator Gil Cedillo will continue to try to give U.S. benefits to Mexican citizens who are here illegally....
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August 30, 2006
The California Assembly has passed Gil Cedillo's latest attempt to give driver's license to illegal aliens, SB 1162. This is just a week after the Democrat-controlled Assembly Appropriations Committe shelved his earlier attempt. Needless to say, that minor setback didn't deter "One Bill Gil" from his life's work of giving...
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August 18, 2006
The seventh year wasn't a charm for California state senator Gil Cedillo (D-MX), as the Democrat-controlled Assembly Appropriations Committee decided to shelve his latest attempt to give legal California driver's licenses to illegal aliens: Political insiders suggested the measure was perhaps too controversial for an election year. The bill is...
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August 14, 2006
From this: The [California state] Senate already has voted 25 to 14 to create a special exemption in state law that would reduce the mandatory 30-day impoundment of cars driven by unlicensed drivers, so that offenders who have never had a valid license can get their cars back after 24...
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August 04, 2006
[California] Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata spoke yesterday about opponents of giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens: "Immigration is a red meat issue... You've got all these crackers down in Southern Cal – ah, where is it, San Diego, taking on the governor. Even the governor was shocked." He's...
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January 12, 2006
As surely as Winter follows Fall, Gil Cedillo has introduced SB 1160, which would give driver's licenses to those who are in California illegally. SB1160 is identical to last year's SB60. Schwarzenegger's press secretary says his opposition to this bill remains. Most of the illegal aliens who'd get licenses under...
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November 15, 2005
Michael J. Feeney of the AP offers "Immigrants Denied Licenses to File Suit Against Md. MVA". It starts out with this bit designed to soften you up: All she wants to do is drive to school, but Margaret Mengly Peredo Echalar says she can't get a driver's license, despite having...
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October 07, 2005
Details here. Note that the title actually refers to them as "illegal" rather than implying it concerns "immigrants" as a whole. Now, here's a shocker: Gil Cedillo says he'll keep trying with his campaign to get legal U.S. ID cards into the hands of Mexican citizens....
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September 30, 2005
The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a Republican-sponsored bill requiring proof of citizenship in order to get a driver's license. And: Applicants from other countries would have to show proof of legal permanent or conditional residency, a valid visa, an application for asylum, valid refugee status or an application for...
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September 18, 2005
Rather than continuing to come up with excuses for not agreeing to Mexican-"American" legislator Gil Cedillo's constant attempts to give California ID cards to Mexican citizens who are here illegally, Daniel Weintraub has a alternate suggestion for Arnold: ...At this point the only honest reason to oppose giving licenses to...
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September 13, 2005
Up to 140,000 driver's licenses issued to Massachusetts residents have unverifiable social security numbers and "may be in the hands of thieves, illegal immigrants or even terrorists", the Boston Herald reports in "Registry probes 140,000 licenses: Identity thievery suspected". There are 5.4 million people with licenses in Mass., and the...
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September 10, 2005
The Santa Barbara News-Press article "Latinos feel let down by governor" by Melinda Burns contains the following quote from "Carmen Herrera, an organizer for PUEBLO, a Santa Barbara-based group that advocates on behalf of the poor": "The governor has always said he does not support immigrants, and he never misses...
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There have been several posts about corrupt DMV employees here, including from Arizona, Michigan, Connecticut, and other states. But, this tale is different in a few ways: Veronica Rivera's scam was simple. She would park her luxury sedan at Oakland's Claremont Avenue DMV, whip out her cell phone, chat a...
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September 08, 2005
The California Assembly and Senate have passed Gil Cedillo's SB60, which would give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. That bill now goes to Arnold for either a veto or his signature. He has until mid-October to decide. Around 70% of Californians are opposed to that bill, so, if Arnold signs...
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From the Green Bay Press-Gazette's "Editorial: Give non-English-speaking residents a lift": "Non-English-speaking drivers face linguistic roadblock," a headline in Tuesday's Green Bay Press-Gazette said. "Many continue to drive illegally because they need to earn a living and take care of their families," the accompanying story explained. About a quarter of...
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September 07, 2005
An Oregon DMV worker spotted what appeared to him to be suspicious activity relating to someone who was applying for an Oregon ID card. He did an ad hoc investigation, and put a mark on the applicant's record. The mark was later removed and she got her ID. And, he...
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September 06, 2005
Unfortunately, it appears that CA state Sen. Gil Cedillo's bill to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens has passed the Assembly, and will now go to Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the original bill, SB-60, and the voting breakdown is here. Note that that vote took place on Friday, Sep. 2...
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July 18, 2005
The AP reports on the National Governors Association's summer conference in "Driver's license costs will skyrocket, governors warn". The three governors complaining are: Mike Huckabee of Arkansas Tom Vilsack of Iowa Bill Richardson of New Mexico Also see "Who is the Cheap Labor Lobby?" for the first two. Those three...
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July 13, 2005
A couple who worked at the Virginia DMV were recently arrested for giving out driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Details in "Virginia DMV official, wife held" or "Driver's license fraud alleged". Note the quote from a U.S. Attorney: "We must aggressively safeguard our identification systems. The integrity of state driver's...
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June 28, 2005
Gil Cedillo's latest attempt to get ID into the hands of Mexican citizens who are in California illegally has passed the Transportation Committee. It now goes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and if it passes there it will be voted on in the Assembly. Passage there would send it to...
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June 16, 2005
The Contra Costa Times comes out against CA Sen. Gil Cedillo's latest attempt to get documents into the hands of people who shouldn't be here in the first place. From "Reject the license bill": ...AB 60 [They mean SB 60 --LW] is supposedly designed to answer that concern, but it...
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May 19, 2005
The latest attempt from CA Sen. Gil Cedillo (Democrat - Los Angeles, Mexico) to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens has passed a Senate committee. It now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Note that this current bill is good ol' SB 60, which is distinct from SB 591. That...
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May 11, 2005
In "Advocates Assail Driver's License Rules" the AP transcribes for us the thoughts of the National Council of the Race about READ ID: "This is clearly an anti-immigrant bill that's going to have a very harmful impact on the Latino community and all immigrant communities," said Michele Waslin, director of...
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May 06, 2005
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...
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The San Jose Merc has an editorial entitled "Special licenses better than nothing" which supports giving illegal aliens a special version of a California driver's license. That would be, unfortunately, permissible under the Real ID Act. In addition to generally opposing the Real ID Act, they also complain that the...
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May 04, 2005
Gil Cedillo is back with a new bill. However, this isn't trying to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Rather, it would waive the impound period for those who are here illegally and who are caught driving without a licenses. At the very least you have to applaud Cedillo for...
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March 13, 2005
From a SDUT editorial: ...Utah's action [to give "driving privilege cards" to illegal aliens rather than real driver's licenses] points to a national wave of public concern about issuing to illegal immigrants a license to do far more than drive. It's a wave, too, that will become a veritable tsunami...
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March 04, 2005
SACRAMENTO - By a wide margin, Californians oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, according to a poll released Friday. A Field Poll showed that 62 percent of state residents oppose granting the licenses, while 35 percent favor the idea. The poll also found that 49 percent support issuing a...
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February 26, 2005
The New York DMV is trying to prevent illegal aliens from getting New York driver's licenses. If you've been reading the New York Times or the New York Daily News or press releases from various organizations, you might have been confused into thinking that they're trying to prevent all immigrants...
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February 16, 2005
Emphasis on the "may." From the DailyNews: The Secretary of State's Political Reform Division has ordered Save Our License, a group opposed to driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, to refile all its committee documents and submit all its campaign finance data. Meanwhile, a group representing Latino and church groups across...
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February 15, 2005
[also posted here] The editorial "On Guard, America" says: "Eleven states grant [driver's licenses to illegal immigrants] as a way to encourage highway safety and accident insurance coverage." That statement is disingenuous at best. Consider, for instance, California. State Sen. Gil Cedillo has sponsored numerous bills to give DLs to...
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February 06, 2005
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...
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February 02, 2005
From Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]: We have a serious problem here in North Carolina – a problem that can have serious ramifications on our national security. According to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, we live in one of 10 states that permits anyone to receive state issued driver’s...
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January 26, 2005
From this: North Carolina examiners should not aggressively investigate illegal immigrants who might be seeking fraudulent driver's licenses, a top state executive suggested in a memo nearly two years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In fact, Wayne Hurder, who supervises the state's driver-license section for the state Division of...
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January 19, 2005
HARTFORD (AP) — Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Gary DeFilippo, whose tenure was marked by a scandal involving fraudulent driver’s licenses and a troubled vehicle emissions testing program, will step down on Feb. 1... He wants to spend more time with his family. Previous coverage of DMV scandals in CT...
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January 15, 2005
The AP offers a roundup of the recent driver's licenses scandals: Connecticut had developed a reputation from as far away as Florida as a place where people could buy fraudulent driver's licenses for as much as $3,500 without having to produce any identification. DMV workers also took payoffs for stealing...
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January 12, 2005
DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of people may have exploited a recently closed loophole in Michigan regulations to fraudulently obtain state driver's licenses, a federal investigator says. Federal agents are investigating what they say are criminal rings that helped people get licenses without proof of residency in Michigan. Last month, secretary...
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December 28, 2004
Lisa Friedman from the Long Beach Press-Telegram's National Bureau (they have a National Bureau?) takes issue with the statement that the 9/11 hijackers had a combined total of 63 driver's licenses. She repeatedly refers to it as false, an urban legend, etc. etc. However, she provides no contrary proof that...
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December 02, 2004
From this: The Save Our License Committee joined with Assemblyman Mark Wyland today in announcing a new initiative designed to prevent California State and local governments from granting benefits to illegal aliens. [...list of provisions designed to prevent "tampering" by anti-American politicians and foreign governments deleted...] ..."We are very confident...
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November 09, 2004
TEAM 8 INVESTIGATES News Channel 8 Investigation results in massive DMV probe: _ The Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a massive investigation after a Team 8 Investigation uncovered allegations Connecticut DMV employees may be illegally selling Driver's licenses... A Team 8 Investigation, however, has found evidence the Connecticut Driver's...
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October 11, 2004
Mexican newspaper Reforma published an editorial back on October 3 calling our own Arnold Schwarzenegger a hypocrite for opposing driver's licenses for illegal aliens. The editorial is basically only of use to see what the elites of Mexico think. Other than that it's basically just a good opportunity to laugh...
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From an editorial by Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy printed in the L.A. Times: Arnold Schwarzenegger did the right thing when he immigrated to America from Austria as a young man — he came here legally. As governor, he did the right thing [recently] when he vetoed the bill that would have...
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September 26, 2004
From the Palm Springs Desert Sun's License veto questioned: Sonia Dinorah Davila and Juana Raya are having a hard time understanding why Gov. Arnold Schwarz-enegger vetoed a bill that would have made undocumented immigrants in the state eligible for driver’s licenses. "It’s not fair," said Davila, a legal assistant at...
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September 24, 2004
From this: A top foreign relations official on Thursday lambasted California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of legislation that would have allowed undocumented migrants to obtain a driver's licenses in the state... Juan Bosco Martí, general director for North American affairs with the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) said in a press...
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From the Long Beach Press-Telegram's "Another proper veto": There will be no driver's licenses for illegal immigrants anytime soon. And that is plenty soon enough... The real debate isn't about driving, it's about an attempt to "legalize," as much as possible, the immigration status of people who are here illegally....
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From this: Federal and state agents Thursday charged 26 state workers with illegally issuing driver's licenses to human traffickers, undocumented immigrants and drug dealers, calling the actions a threat to national security. Immediately, Gov. Janet Napolitano detailed a plan to prevent further fraud at the Motor Vehicle Division, but she...
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September 23, 2004
In "Maybe It's Time for Cedillo to Let Arnold Take the Wheel", the L.A. Times suggests that Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo stops trying to get the current version of his driver's licenses for illegal aliens bill passed. Instead, he should allow the mark Arnold wants that would distinguish the...
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September 22, 2004
As expected: "Schwarzenegger vetoes driver's licenses for illegal immigrants." The text of his nice letter vetoing the bill is here. Also as expected, State Senator Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo, perennial sponsor of these bills, says he will keep on trying. Although there's been much coverage of Cedillo here, the...
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This article in Kansas City's Dos Mundos offers a standard story on Gil Cedillo's "public safety" bill to give driver's licenses for "immigrants" (actually, illegal aliens). What's interesting is the photo from an anti-Arnold protest. It features two masked protesters wearing... Che Guevara T-Shirts. Keep those protests coming!...
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September 17, 2004
This is a MexiData translation of a Mexican newspaper story from 9/7/04. I couldn't find this mentioned anywhere else: Mexico City -- Members of the Assembly of California have asked the Mexican Senate (sic) to beseech Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign the bill so that almost 2 million undocumented Mexicans...
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September 03, 2004
Arnold's actions in the driver's licenses for illegal aliens matter so far are not as good as they could be, but it's the end result that matters. Dan Walters thinks he won't please either side: NEW YORK - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won boffo reviews for his prime-time Republican convention speech...
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September 01, 2004
From the SacBee: State Sen. Gil Cedillo on Tuesday called on Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante to sign his bill to allow illegal immigrants to apply for driver's licenses if the measure reaches his desk while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is out of state. A spokesman for the Democratic lieutenant governor would...
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August 31, 2004
That's what FAIR wants to know: In light of recent revelations that New York Department of Motor Vehicles has issued as many as 250,000 driver's licenses to individuals who provided Social Security numbers that do not match information in the Social Security Administration's database, the Federation for American Immigration Reform...
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So says Dan Weintraub: The latest rumor racing around the talk radio circuit is that Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, acting governor while Schwarzenegger is in New York, will sign SB 1160, the bill giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. It's not going to happen, folks... [Schwarzenegger's] Communications Director Rob Stutzman,...
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August 27, 2004
Gil Cedillo might soon get Moter Voter cards driver's licenses into the hands of illegal aliens. The CA Assembly has just passed another bill into which SB1160 - the previous driver's license bill - had been inserted. Now it goes to the governor to be signed into law or vetoed....
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August 20, 2004
Since this is a NYT report, the subtextual subtitle appears to be: "Working woman from Westchester County, immigrant workers hardest hit": [At the meeting] Raymond P. Martinez, the state motor-vehicles commissioner, began his hour-and-a-half-long testimony by reminding the audience that 18 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 held valid driver's...
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August 19, 2004
Hey, I don't write these headlines. The N.Y. Post reports on New York state's attempts to take driver's licenses away from those who provided fake social security numbers. Their report is shorter than the NYT report I eviscerated yesterday. Unlike the NYT report it doesn't advocate for illegal immigration. It...
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Reading the SacBee article "License bill is likely headed to veto", I keep thinking one thing. The article is about the acrimonious attempt by Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Cedillo appears to be calling Schwarzenegger's hand. Schwarzenegger wants a mark on the DL...
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August 18, 2004
Oh no. Immigrants are being subjected to some form of crackdown? Let's read this NYT article: Legislatures across the country have been wrestling publicly with a hot-button issue: whether to make it harder or easier for illegal immigrants to be licensed as drivers. The struggle to reconcile public security, road...
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July 29, 2004
Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger is conducting a poll on "hot button issues," one of which is driver's licenses for illegal aliens. To vote in the poll, call 1-916-445-2841 then enter 5, 2, and 2 at the prompts....
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June 24, 2004
From an opinion piece in the L.A. Daily News: Yet again Latino immigrants are being scapegoated. This time the attacks are taking the form of immigrant raids in greater Los Angeles... [the sweeps do] nothing to address the U.S. policies that lead to immigration... Believe me, it doesn't get better....
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They're attempting to not-so-subtly paint Schwarzenegger as a Nazi if he doesn't support Gil Cedillo's legal-driver's-licenses-for-illegal-aliens bill: ...in Tarzana a group of five rabbis from the Valley and one from Hollywood said they support giving licenses to illegal immigrants, but object to the governor's suggestion that such licenses have a...
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June 02, 2004
It looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting smart on the legal driver's licenses for illegal aliens issue: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is insisting that if driver's licenses are issued to illegal immigrants, the cards must specify that they are not lawful California residents, a requirement opponents liken to a "scarlet letter"...
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April 19, 2004
From the AP: A bill that would have allowed illegal aliens in Florida to obtain driver's licenses has been abandoned by its sponsor following security concerns raised by law enforcement officials around the state. Sen. Rudy Garcia, R-Hialeah, said Friday he would propose studying the issue before next year's legislative...
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April 15, 2004
From the columnist Daniel Ruth writing about Jeb Bush's plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens: ...Any bets that within six months, had the Florida Senate not killed Bush's flight of fantasy, Osama bin Laden might well have been driving a cab in Miami? C'mon, this is Florida state...
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April 09, 2004
Finally some good news: Sheriffs around the state are quickly opposing a proposal backed by Gov. Jeb Bush to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, saying it is too great a security risk. The opposition has included sheriffs who serve on the state's Domestic Security Task Force. "It's incomprehensible...
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April 06, 2004
A FReeper received a reply from Jeb Bush regarding his support for illegal alien driver's licenses: Florida Safe Driving Act [1] Why give driver licenses to undocumented aliens? [sic, that should be "illegal aliens" -- LW] Florida has no power over immigration and naturalization issues, but it does have a...
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As predicted in the last post. From the Miami Herald: Saying rigorous screening standards would ensure recipients ''won't be terrorists,'' Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday strongly endorsed issuing state driver's licenses to both illegal immigrants and foreign nationals who make Florida home for part of the year. Hundreds of thousands...
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April 05, 2004
According to the Stein Report: The Stein Report has learned that Florida Governor Jeb Bush today endorsed granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Bush's position comes despite the fact that several of the Sept. 11 hijackers used Florida driver's licenses, and driver's license security remains a pressing issue nationwide. Bush...
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March 08, 2004
Heard on the John and Ken Show (KFI Los Angeles): According to Ron Prince of Save187.com, the new CA driver's licenses for illegal aliens bill is designed to be "referendum-proof" and if it passes, an initiative would need to be created to overturn it. The next time an initiative could...
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March 01, 2004
You might recall the story of the Fremont mother and daughter who were murdered in Fremont a month ago. They were illegal aliens, and one of their family members tried to blame their murders on the fact that they didn't have driver's licenses. They were murdered while walking to work;...
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February 08, 2004
From this: There's another effort underway under the gold dome to allow illegal immigrants to get a Georgia driver's license. A similar bill died last year. State Representative Barbara Mobley of Decatur authored the current bill which she said would just allow people who contribute to the state's economy to...
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January 16, 2004
From the San Jose Mercury News: Proposed legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses in California may have received an unexpected political boost this week when President Bush announced a sweeping plan for immigration reform. In the Bay Area and across the state, supporters of the driver's...
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August 06, 2003
The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin both have editorials opposing SB60, Gil Cedillo's bill (now supported by Governor Gumby Davis) to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens: "Easing license rules a wrong move for state" "Unlicensed aliens: A desperate governor makes rash promises" (Via DailyPundit and...
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July 29, 2003
Gray Davis didn't say that exactly, but he might as well have: Gov. Gray Davis is vowing to sign legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses -- a move that could energize Latinos to oppose his recall but anger other voters... [State Senator Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles)]...
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