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Has common sense left the room?; Driver's licenses for illegals?
Topic Started: Dec 7 2004, 11:24 PM (58 Views)
Citizen Eric
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Eric the Brave
I know this has been discussed before, but I have not heard anyone express the utter stupidity of this notion, whether you believe in it or not.

Why would anyone think an illegal alien is going to identify him/herself as such, and go through the hassle of getting a license (especially in the overcrowded California DMV) just to comply with a rule that says if you need to drive, you must have a license.

If they're here illegally, they've already broken one law, why not one or two more? If I were here illegally, the last thing I would be worried about is whether I had a driver's license or not. If I was stopped for a moving violation (with or without a license) I would think my situation would be equally "interesting" either way.

Before you say a DL is a way for illegals to gain legitimacy, I'll ask: "what would a valid license do for a person who's illegally in the US?"

I'm thinking out loud here, so bear with me...

I'm illegal. I want a driver's license. Why? If my license "outs" me as illegal, what's the point? If my license doesn'y "out" me, then why is there such a big deal about granting one in the first place?

I mean, if I wanted fake credentials, it'd be easy to fake a birth certificate or steal a SSN from someone to establish an identity. Why would the government knowingly make it easy for an illegal alien to comply with one law while breaking another? Don't you see the irony here?

I think the whole issue is a smokescreen. Keep us all arguing over why or why not give the licenses because the subject is keeping our attentions away from a larger issue. I wish I knew what that larger issue was. I only think there is one because the sheer preposterousness of this "idea" is beyond my ability to rationalize it. I cannot believe our lawmakers are actually entertaining this thought.

I'm trying to find a reason FOR a license, but I have to make some assumptions first:
1. Licenses will be different somehow in order to separate the illegals from the legals.
2. Licenses will not allow the holder to vote.
3. Licenses will not allow the holder to gain citizenship before "legally entered" aliens can.

OK. So on that basis, why get one? Why grant one?

If any of my 3 assumptions are incorrect, then I must ask:
Why are we doing this?

We just keep going around and around on this issue, and nobody has raised the bullshit flag!

I can't stand it. :soap

Somebody please help me understand.
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kiwi_too
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Sir Perceval, Ruler of the Realm
Does issuing the license to an illegal make CA complicit (they know the person is illegal).
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Citizen Eric
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Eric the Brave
That's what I don't get. We're thinking of giving a legal document to a person who's not here legally to allow them to enjoy a privilege meant for citizens and documented visitors of our country.
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Jack of 32
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It is a bunch of crap and I hope it never passes. Run them back from where they came.

I run a stop sign I get a ticket, because it is breaking the law. If you are an illegal, you are breaking the law. Is it that hard to understand? I don't think so......
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Millsfamily
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That's too funny. I had to renew my DL last week, I'm a legal immigrant and can't do it online. Due to lack of personel, I waited 6 1/2 hours at the Lake Wales, FL office last week Tuesday. When it was finally my turn (1 hr after I was suppose to pick up my daugther from school), I asked why it had taken so long. I was told "Being issued a Driver's License is not a Right, it's a Previleg", which meant "Either shut up or come back another day".
A Driver's License is a Previleg, I read it somewhere in the handbook. Do we want to give that previleg to someone that has broken the law by illegally entering this country? In some States we take DL's away from deadbeat Dads but we'd give a DL to someone who has illegally entered the US, works without paying proper taxes and who knows what else.
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