Thread: ACLU Idiocy (Concerns Illegals Drivers Licenses)

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More ACLU Idiocy: Sues to prevent Mass. DMV from denying drivers’ licenses to illegals
by Glib Fortuna on 12-15-06 @ 5:30 pm Filed under ACLU, War On Terror, Border Control/Homeland Security, News

From the Boston Globe: Denied licenses, legal immigrants sue state Registry

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles employees are routinely and unlawfully denying driver’s licenses to immigrants who are here legally, according to a class-action law suit filed yesterday.

According to the suit, Registry workers asked the immigrants for proof of legal residency when they were not authorized to do so. The workers then denied licenses to the applicants, incorrectly concluding that the immigrants had not demonstrated they were in the United States legally, the suit alleges.

In all cases, the immigrants’ lawyers said, the Registry workers were overstepping their legal authority and violating the immigrants’ constitutional rights.

“They don’t have the authority to enforce federal immigration law,” said Sarah Wunsch, staff attorney for the ACLU of Massachusetts, who is representing the seven immigrants who brought the suit. “But they’ve taken it upon themselves to do it, and they’re doing it wrong. It’s not an isolated case here and there. This appears to be policy.”

1st illegal immigrants do not have constitutional rights. it is 'We the People' aka US citizens, not anyone who is able to hop a fence.

2nd i thought US drivers licenses were not to be issued to people who can't prove they are legal citizen. was the legislation 'real ID'?