Thread: N.Y.: Immigration activists speak out against bill

Immigration activists speak out against bill
4/10/2007 5:30:45 PM
By: Web Staff


New York immigration activists are calling on Governor Spitzer to make good on his campaign promise not to comply with a federal bill that requires people to be citizens in order to get a driver's license.

The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, or LCLAA, said that denying driver's licenses to immigrants is the wrong way to enforce immigration laws.

Albany District LCLAA President Guillermo Perez said, "Do the right thing, do the smart thing, do what will make New Yorkers safer. Get the DMV out of the business of trying to enforce our screwed up immigration laws. Let's have one driver's license for all New Yorkers."

The federal government has passed the Real ID Act, which prevents many non-citizens from getting their driver's licenses.

LCLAA officials said the measure would only lead to widespread discrimination.

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Perhaps it would be easier for Governor Spitzer to install driver license dispensers at all ports of entry and the airports. This way, any foreigner entering the country could simply take a driver's license as they exited a ship or plane. Heck, give them birth certificates and social security cards while you're at it

Originally Posted by pjr40

Perhaps it would be easier for Governor Spitzer to install driver license dispensers at all ports of entry and the airports. This way, any foreigner entering the country could simply take a driver's license as they exited a ship or plane. Heck, give them birth certificates and social security cards while you're at it

It would probably be less paperwork just to give them full diplomatic immunity, which is closer to what these so-called "rights" groups want anyways.