Two State Democrats Criticize Spitzer For Backing Off License Plan

November 15, 2007

State Democrats criticized their own party Thursday, a day after Governor Eliot Spitzer shelves his plan to offer drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants.

Assemblymen Adriano Espaillat and Jose Peralta, along with other lawmakers, say the governor gave into a Washington culture that has failed immigrants.

Peralta blames other Democratic lawmakers for giving into their Republican counterparts.

"We are calling upon the candidates, the Democratic candidates, all of them, to step up to the plate, and to talk about immigration reform, and to talk about the DREAM act, and to talk about drivers’ licenses because we are allowing Republicans to frame the argument,â€