Thread: Local Latin American advocacy group supports driver licenses

Local Latin American advocacy group supports driver licenses for illegals

By ELYSA BATISTA (Contact)
8:30 p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2008

A local Latin American advocacy group supports a resolution that would allow illegal immigrants to get driver licenses.

The League of United Latin American Citizens’ Civil Right Council 7115 supported the resolution, passed by its state chapter in Miami last week, during a press conference Thursday at the Golden Gate Community Center.

Council President Victor Valdes presented the resolution, aimed at providing driver licenses to undocumented immigrants with no criminal record.

On one side, there is the humanitarian issue that affects the unlicensed immigrants, Valdes said.

“But I realized that there would be racist people out there that would say, ‘Well, we don’t care,’â€

According to New Mexico documents, residents within that state — with or without a Social Security number— are required to present two forms of identification to obtain a driver license. A person without a Social Security card can present either a tax identification number, a Matricula Consular provided by the Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque after February 2005 or a valid foreign passport to obtain a driver license.

New Mexico is accepting the Matricular Consular card and a foreign passport--both issued at Mexican consulates with little proof of real identity. This is a national security issue. All states must not accept New Mexico driver's licenses as valid for anyone! New Mexico and Governor Richardson have NO right to put us at risk.

Since 2003, New Mexico has issued 50,562 driver licenses to foreign nationals or those without a legal presence. Out of the 50,562, a total 10,790 issued since Oct. 1.

New Mexico had better be providing ICE with a copy, including photograph, of each license issued to an illegal alien.

The 50,562 issued are not only to illegal aliens living in New Mexico--a scam from NJ was carried out to obtain NM DL's with fraudelent documents.

National Fake-ID ring exploited New Mexico’s lax driver’s license rules
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-114493-mex ... cense+scam

Two arrested in Artesia in driver's license scam
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-114771-dri ... cam+mexico

There are people without the right to get a drivers lisence because they are illegal aliens and have poor skills but drive anyway. Removing the first disability does not remove the second disability. They have already shown disrespect for the law those with skills will get drivers licenses but those without skills who drive now would keep driving.

[quote]On one side, there is the humanitarian issue that affects the unlicensed immigrants, Valdes said.

“But I realized that there would be racist people out there that would say, ‘Well, we don’t care,’â€

Since 2003, New Mexico has issued 50,562 driver licenses to foreign nationals or those without a legal presence. Out of the 50,562, a total 10,790 issued since Oct. 1.

Thank you Gov. Richardson!