By Tim Lindell

Earlier tonight, Governor Palin tweeted the following:

Rep.Lynn's good HB3 Visa/Drivers Lic law:"If u dont have legal right to walk down AKn street, why should u have right to drive same street?"


Governor Palin is apparently quoting State Representative Bob Lynn's newsletter, which is only available in hardcopy, not online. (We're trying to get hold of a copy now.)

It's referring to language in Lynn's House Bill 3, currently before the legislature. The bill deals with issuance of state identification cards and driver's licences; here is the language to which Palin is apparently referring:

(k) The department may not issue an identification card under (a) of this section to a person who has not presented to the department valid documentary evidence that the person is a citizen of the United States, a national of the United States, a legal permanent resident of the United States, or a conditional resident alien of the United States.

(l) Notwithstanding (k) of this section, the department may issue an identification card to a person who presents in person valid documentary evidence of

(1) a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status for entry into the United States,
(2) a pending or approved application for asylum in the United States,
(3) entry into the United States in refugee status,
(4) a pending or approved application for temporary protected status in the United States,
(5) approved deferred action status, or
(6) a pending application for adjustment of status to legal permanent residence status or conditional resident status.

The identification card authorized under this subsection is valid only during the period of the time of the person's authorized stay in the United States and must clearly indicate that expiration date. If the period of authorized stay is indefinite, the expiration date for the identification card is one year from the date of issue. The identification card authorized under this subsection may be renewed only on presentation of valid documentary evidence that the status by which the person qualified for the temporary identification card has been extended by the proper United States government authority. The department may by regulation specify what is valid documentary evidence under this subsection except that the department may not specify that a matricula consular card is valid documentary evidence.


A lot of folks, especially on the conservative side of the aisle, have been waiting for indications of Governor Palin's position on illegal immigrants, now that she's free of the McCain campaign. This statement may provide a clue.
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009 ... s-for.html