Thread: Hispanic advocates press for ID cards

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Posted on Thu, Oct. 27, 2005

Hispanic advocates press for ID cards
LEXINGTON LEADERS CALL FOR CARDS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS
By Frank E. Lockwood
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER

Leaders of the Lexington Hispanic Association yesterday called on the city to issue identification cards to Latinos, regardless of their immigration status.

At a meeting of the Mayor's Hispanic Workforce Development Task Force, several speakers said the cards are needed. No one spoke out against the IDs, which would probably include a person's name, photo, health information and phone numbers for next of kin.

Few if any cities in the country currently give ID cards to undocumented residents. Similar proposals in Richmond and New Haven, Conn., stalled after generating considerable opposition.

Task force members declined to endorse the ID cards at yesterday's meeting, but said they will make a recommendation when they meet with Mayor Teresa Isaac on Dec. 14.

The task force's advocacy committee already has recommended that the city issue the cards.

But task force co-chair Alayne White said it's uncertain whether the rest of the group will take a similar stance.

"It clearly is a very sensitive issue," she said. "When you bring up the issue of not having documentation or being here in the country illegally, that stirs passion in people."

Josh Santana, an attorney and president of the Lexington Hispanic Association, said the proposal may meet resistance.

"Some of the opposition is rooted in bigotry. Some of the opposition is rooted in fear. Some of the opposition is rooted in the concept that we're rewarding folks for having done something wrong," he said. But issuing the cards is "the just and right thing to do."

"We as a society have a moral obligation to do what we can to protect those God has placed in our midst," Santana said.

Some immigrants currently get ID cards from foreign governments: Mexican consulates issue matriculas consulares to Mexicans. This month, Honduran and Guatemalan government officials were also in Kentucky, issuing passports. But passports can cost well over $100.

Many immigrants have no picture identification at all, which creates problems when they have medical emergencies or are victims of crime or need to complete some business transactions.

Task force member Sandra Noble Canon says the identification cards are "absolutely essential for Lexington" because they will benefit an "integral" part of the community.

Without Hispanic workers, "We wouldn't have people to care for us. We wouldn't have people to feed us. We wouldn't have people to clean our houses, mow our lawns," she said. "It's all about economic well-being."

"We as a society have a moral obligation to do what we can to protect those God has placed in our midst," Santana said.

Well maybe this is not in the Morals.

8. Thou shalt not steal. ( which every job that is taken from an American Citizen. Is no more the stealing. What and when any American Citizens tax money is used for Illegals, then it is no more the stealing)

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Are we not classified Neighbors and what we have they are wanting. No matter what it takes. refer back to 8.


Then in this article I read Morals. Is this only to be used, when they can find a benefit? Will the word Moral stop having a meaning?

Some immigrants currently get ID cards from foreign governments: Mexican consulates issue matriculas consulares to Mexicans. This month, Honduran and Guatemalan government officials were also in Kentucky, issuing passports. But passports can cost well over $100.

Worthless pieces of paper.