Thread: NY Clerk would report IA's to ICE right after giving license

Brilliant! What a great approach:

NIAGARA COUNTY: Clerk would report illegals
By Dan Miner/minerd@gnnewspaper.com
Greater Niagara Newspapers

[color=red][b]Wayne Jagow says he plans on following the law.

That’s why the Niagara County clerk, a Republican who’s running unopposed in the election this year, maintains he will issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants if Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s controversial executive order goes into effect in December.

It’s also why Jagow will have them arrested immediately afterwards, he said.

Since state government will allow the licenses, and federal government prohibits illegal immigrants, he thinks he’s obligated to do both.

“It goes back to my days in law enforcement,â€

ID 'SQUEAL' OF PROTEST
By KENNETH LOVETT Post Correspondent



October 26, 2007 -- ALBANY - Two county clerks, including a Democrat appointed by Gov. Spitzer, warned yesterday that under the governor's new plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, they intend to report any such aliens to law enforcement for deportation.

Erie County Clerk Kathleen Hochul, who was appointed by Spitzer in April, and Niagara County Clerk Wayne Jagow, a Republican, said they have been in discussions with their local police departments and district attorneys to craft the new policy they believe will deter illegal immigrants from even applying for licenses.

Because they are agents of the state Department of Motor Vehicles, the two said they felt uncomfortable joining 20 of their county clerk colleagues in ignoring the Spitzer administration's new policy allowing illegal aliens to obtain drivers' licenses.

"But how can I look the other way when there are people coming in who are illegal?" Jagow said in explaining the plan to turn illegal aliens in.

Said Hochul: "I took an oath of office to uphold both state and federal law. I keep that oath on my desk and look at it every day."

Hochul and Jagow said their respective offices will accept the paperwork from those suspected to be illegal aliens and process it as required by Spitzer's order.

But they will also report suspected illegal aliens to their local law enforcement, who then can notify federal immigration officials. There will no arrests at the DMV offices.

Michael Gilhooly, a spokesman for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Buffalo, said that "in general, ICE's position is that it's not a good idea to issue legitimate government documents to people illegally in the United States."

A Spitzer aide called plans by Hochul and Jagow to report suspected illegal aliens "a very serious threat and one we are looking into."

They say that because under the Spitzer policy license applicants will not be required to provide documents that demonstrate their immigration status in the country, there will be no evidence that a person is actually an illegal alien.

Spitzer aides said they will still work with county clerks to resolve the issue.

"I support the governor on many issues, but this is one where I disagree," Hochul said.

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http://www.erie.gov/depts/government/clerk.phtml

On Thursday, the governor’s office responded to Jagow’s position that he will both issue driver’s licenses to and then report illegal immigrants. An e-mail from Spitzer spokesperson Jennifer Givner said that county clerks will not be able to tell who is illegal and who isn’t.

If that's true, how are they going to stop voter fraud?

Good point MW!

Clerks accused of profiling in threat to arrest illegals seeking licenses
By Tom Precious - NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Updated: 10/26/07 8:31 AM

ALBANY — The Spitzer administration and immigration rights groups say the county clerks in Erie and Niagara counties will be engaging in inappropriate profiling with their plan to alert police when illegal immigrants seek to obtain driver’s licenses.

Critics said the clerks will be acting purely on a hunch and that people in the country legally could find themselves being inappropriately detained by police because they were wrongly suspected of being illegal immigrants.

“It’s an attack on undocumented immigrants. It’s not the job of county clerks to enforce the immigration laws. It’s a federal problem,â€