Editorial: Spitzer Lets Down New York

El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Staff, Posted: Oct 28, 2007

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Editor's Note: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Saturday that undocumented immigrants in New York will be able to obtain a second class of driver's licenses. The move essentially stitches a scarlet letter on undocumented immigrants, according to an editorial in New York's Spanish-language daily El Diario/La Prensa.

Governor Eliot Spitzer took a big step backwards in his policy on driver’s licenses. His introduction of a tiered license system will stitch a scarlet letter on undocumented immigrants instead of drawing them out of the shadows.

Spitzer, with Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, yesterday announced that three different classes of licenses will be available to New Yorkers. The license that will be offered to undocumented immigrant New Yorkers will be labeled “not for U.S. government purposes.â€