Thread: N.M. House sends immigrant driver's license bill to Senate

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New Mexico State Senators:

Senator Rod Adair - (R) Roswell, NM 88202
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4385
Office Phone: (575) 627-8372
Home Phone: (575) 622-7085
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Senator Vernon D. Asbill - (R) Carlsbad, NM 88220
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4393
Office Phone: (575) 302-8135
Home Phone: (575) 887-1844

Senator Sue Wilson Beffort - (R) Sandia Park, NM 87047
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4395
Home Phone: (505) 292-7116

Senator Mark Boitano - (R) Albuquerque, NM 87111
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4366
Office Phone: (505) 798-1092


Senator William F. Burt - (R) Alamogordo, NM 88311
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4266
Office Phone: (575) 434-1414
Home Phone: (575) 434-6140

Senator Pete Campos - (D) Las Vegas, NM 87701
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4311
Office Phone: (505) 454-2501
Home Phone: (505) 425-0508

Senator Carlos R. Cisneros - (D) Questa, NM 87556
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4362
Home Phone: (505) 670-5610

Senator Lisa K. Curtis - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87102
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4391
Office Phone: (505) 243-2808


Senator Tim Eichenberg - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87109
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4859
Office Phone: (505) 710-1305

Senator Dede Feldman - (D)
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4482
Home Phone: (505) 242-1997

Senator Stephen H. Fischmann - (D) Mesilla Park, NM 88047
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4377
Home Phone: (575) 635-9582

Senator Mary Jane M. Garcia - (D) Dona Ana, NM 88032
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4726
Home Phone: (575) 526-5048

Senator Eric G. Griego - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87102
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4862

Senator Phil A. Griego - (D) San Jose, NM 87565
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4861
Office Phone: (505) 469-9470
Home Phone: (575) 421-2863

Senator Clinton D. Harden - (R) Clovis, NM 88101
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4369
Home Phone: (575) 389-1248

Senator Stuart Ingle - (R) Portales, NM 88130
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4702
Home Phone: (575) 356-3088

Senator Timothy Z. Jennings - (D) Roswell, NM 88202-1797
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4733
Office Phone: (575) 623-8331
Home Phone: (575) 623-9378

Senator Timothy M. Keller - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87123
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4260
Office Phone: (505) 332-9441

Senator Gay G. Kernan - (R) Hobbs, NM 88240
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4274
Office Phone: (505) 629-8081
Home Phone: (575) 397-2536

Senator Carroll H. Leavell - (R) Jal, NM 88252
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4278
Office Phone: (575) 393-2550
Home Phone: (575) 395-3154

Senator Linda M. Lopez - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87121
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4737
Home Phone: (505) 831-4148

Senator Lynda M. Lovejoy - (D) Crownpoint, NM 87313
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4310
Office Phone: (505) 352-0967
Home Phone: (505) 786-7498

Senator Richard C. Martinez - (D) Espanola, NM 87532
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4487
Home Phone: (505) 929-0125

Senator Cisco McSorley - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87106
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4389
Office Phone: (505) 266-0588
Home Phone: (505) 266-0588

Senator Howie C. Morales - (D) Silver City, NM 88061
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4863
Office Phone: (575) 574-0043

Senator George K. Munoz - (D) Gallup, NM 87305
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4387
Office Phone: (505) 722-6570
Home Phone: (505) 722-0191

Senator Cynthia Nava - (D) Las Cruces, NM 88001
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4834
Office Phone: (575) 882-6200
Home Phone: (575) 526-4111

Senator Steven P. Neville - (R) Aztec, NM 87410
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4701
Office Phone: (505) 327-5460

Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino - (D) Albuquerque, NM 87102
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4380
Home Phone: (505) 243-1509

Senator Mary Kay Papen - (D) Las Cruces, NM 88005
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4270
Home Phone: (575) 524-4462

Senator William H. Payne - (R) Albuquerque, NM 87191
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4703
Office Phone: (505) 884-6872
Home Phone: (505) 293-5703

Senator John Pinto - (D) Tohatchi, NM 87325
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4835
Office Phone: (92 871-7278
Home Phone: (505) 870-0823

Senator Nancy Rodriguez - (D) Santa Fe, NM 87501
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4264
Home Phone: (505) 983-8913

Senator Sander Rue - (R) Albuquerque, NM 87120
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4375
Home Phone: (505) 899-0288

Senator John C. Ryan - (R)
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4373
Home Phone: (505) 238-3733

Senator Bernadette M. Sanchez - (D) Albuquerque, NM
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4267
Home Phone: (505) 270-6952

Senator Michael S. Sanchez - (D) Belen, NM 87002
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4727
Office Phone: (505) 865-0688
Home Phone: (505) 865-5583

Senator John M. Sapien - (D) Corrales, NM 87048
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4371
Home Phone: (505) 765-5662

Senator William E. Sharer - (R) Farmington, NM 87499
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4381
Office Phone: (505) 325-5055
Home Phone: (505) 564-8640

Senator John Arthur Smith - (D) Deming, NM 88031
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4365
Office Phone: (575) 546-4979
Home Phone: (575) 546-8546

Senator David Ulibarri - (D) Grants, NM 87020
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4265
Home Phone: (505) 287-8241

Senator Peter Wirth - (D) Santa Fe, NM 87501
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4276
Office Phone: (505) 988-1668
Home Phone: (505) 989-8667

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Posted: 7:37 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

A repeal for a driver's license law gains momentum

KFOX
By Veronica Macias
ANTHONY, New Mexico —

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and Rep. Andy Nunez driver's license repeal law is gaining momentum in state legislature.
On Wednesday, house representatives approved the bill enabling undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses 45-25.

The bill now heads to the Senate where if it carries enough momentum it will pass.

Some residents tell KFOX14 that it's not smart because it will make it difficult for state police to track them.

"They'll still be doing it. Its better for them to have some sort of documentation rather than nothing," said Victoria Espinoza who was visiting New Mexico from California.

Espinoza also thinks it's up to the federal government to create immigration laws.

Other agree with the bill, saying illegal immigrants have no rights.

"Your coming to the United States and you've got to obey the laws," said Enrique Serano a legal immigrant from Mexico.

A repeal for a driver's license law gains momentum | www.kfoxtv.com

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"Your coming to the United States and you've got to obey the laws," said Enrique Serano a legal immigrant from Mexico.

What a GREAT American!!!

Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)
February 10, 2012 Friday
EDITORIALS; Pg. A8

Senate Owes Public A Driver's License Vote

Last year Albuquerque Democratic Sen. Eric Griego said the debate over handing out driver's licenses to illegal immigrants had "sucked the oxygen out of this building. For what? This isn't the people's work. This is divisive. This is a waste of time."

This year, with less than a week left in the 2012 legislative session, he's at least partially right. It's time for the Senate to stop wasting oxygen and time and hold an up-or-down, roll-call vote.

For the second year in a row, members of the New Mexico House have had the courage of their convictions - whether they support repeal or not - addressing the 2003 law that has the state handing out state-ofthe-art government identification to illegal immigrants in violation of federal law. For the second year in a row, members of the New Mexico House have voted to end the practice, this time by a wider margin of 45-25.

And for the second year in a row, members and leaders of the New Mexico Senate are busy wasting oxygen and time on empty compromises that provide differences without distinction from current practice. Fingerprinting applicants and requiring yearly renewals won't put the state into compliance with federal immigration law and the pending Real ID Act. Especially when those applicants are new to the United States and a random sampling shows a third of current illegal immigrant licensees don't live at the address they provided to the Motor Vehicle Division. The suggested provisions won't stop someone who fraudulently obtains a New Mexico license from trading it in for a license issued by another state.

If senators really believe the current practice makes the state's roads safer without compromising security, and that outweighs federal law, then they should be willing to vote their beliefs and then either bask in voter approval or face the backlash.

Voters should not be deprived of their opportunity to weigh in because senators duck casting a controversial vote on repeal for a second year in a row.

State senators should join their House counterparts and show the public that elected them they, too, have the courage of their convictions by at least voting up or down on the proposed repeal of the state's driver's license law.

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