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    Rahm Emanuel Unveils Chicago ID Card Program

    Rahm Emanuel Unveils Chicago ID Card Program


    Thursday, December 14, 2017 09:40 PM




    By: Jason Devaney



    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled an identification card program Thursday he said would open doors for people living in his city who do not have a driver's license.



    Called the "CityKey," the cards will be free for the first 100,000 people. After that number is reached, obtaining a card carries a small cost.



    "The CityKey — will bring all those different communities and more that are on the periphery, on the sideline, into our city. And when we say, 'Welcome,' we mean, 'Welcome,'" said Emanuel, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.



    "If you do not want an ex-offender to be a repeat offender. . . . If you want somebody who's undocumented to feel comfortable to be able to drive their child to school, they have to be part of the city. . . . We don't even think about it — all of us who access every part of this city. When somebody says, 'Can I see your driver's license?' what that unlocks, what that smooths out and all the speed bumps that literally get eliminated because you have a driver's license. It has your picture. It has your access. And you're permitted in."



    Emanuel sold the program as a way for people to enter cultural centers and use the transit system at a discounted rate, and noted library cards can be synced with the new identification cards. They will also serve as an official government ID.

    One critic of the program, however, said the mayor could be trying to garner votes if he runs for reelection in 2019.



    "I think it's all about votes," Chicago Alderman Nick Sposato told Fox News over the summer. "I mean, I think they're just trying to please a certain demographic in the city to say, 'Hey we're for you, we support you,' and I think that's what it's about."





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    NO ID'S FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS!

    STOP THE STATE'S AIDING AND ABETTING ILLEGAL ALIENS USING OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND OUR TAXPAYER MONEY!
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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    Ii is scandal now they get ID it is full of criminal
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    New Chicago ID card created for undocumented immigrants will be accepted for voter re

    New Chicago ID card created for undocumented immigrants will be accepted for voter registration

    By Scot Bertram
    Feb 23, 2018

    A new municipal ID designed primarily for illegal immigrants will be accepted in Chicago as a valid form of identification to register to vote.

    The CityKey will be a government-issued photo identification card available to all Chicago residents regardless of immigration status, criminal record, housing status, or gender identity, according to the city clerk’s website.

    State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich says the final call on what documents to accept rests with local officials.

    “There are 109 local election authorities in Illinois,” Dietrich said. “They’re the ones who actually handle the registration, the checking of IDs, and keeping the documentation. We maintain an electronic database of voter registrations that we get from them.”

    Dietrich says there is no state requirement to prove citizenship while registering to vote. He’s not expecting a surge in potential voter fraud cases because the process will remain the same.

    “When you go to register to vote, you do check a box that attests to your citizenship,” Dietrich said. “You are signing a legal document that says, ‘Yes, I am a citizen.’ But no one who registers to vote is required to bring in, for example, a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship. That’s something that you check the box, and you attest to it.”

    Dietrich believes the penalty for illegally registering to vote is steep enough to discourage those who might be considering it.

    “The main thing that would happen is deportation,” Dietrich said. “If you’re not a citizen, and you have any thoughts of ever attaining citizenship, registering to vote is almost an instant trigger that when you apply for citizenship, you will be deported. That’s one of the first things they check.”

    Chicago officials will accept a long list of documents from residents to establish their identities. Current driver’s licenses and state IDs will be valid, as will expired foreign passports, foreign driver’s licenses, high school or GED diplomas, and more. Dietrich says given the information he has seen, it appears the Chicago commissioners are making the right call.

    “I believe, from what I’ve read, the Chicago municipal ID would live up to the qualifications under state statute for what a government-issued ID is. So that would be a legal form of ID for the board of elections to accept.”

    In addition to a photo identification, CityKey also will serve as a library card and transit card in Chicago. City leaders also are working with cultural institutions, sports teams, and local businesses to offer discounts and benefits for card holders. Officials say the card could offer the most appeal to illegal immigrants, the homeless or those recently released from prison.

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    It is just insane what's going on.
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    Ok, I think this summer is the time I really have to hightail it the hell out of the Chicago area. I can't take this insanity anymore.

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    Any illegal alien caught voting should be grounds for immediate deportation.

    When is Session going in to arrest Emanuel, DeBlasio, Brown and the rest of them for harboring, aiding and abetting illegal aliens! Get off your rear end and get it done!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beezer View Post
    NO ID'S FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS!

    STOP THE STATE'S AIDING AND ABETTING ILLEGAL ALIENS USING OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND OUR TAXPAYER MONEY!
    Even with president Donald Trump, thing like that is going on, what can we do? I can't take anymore ,I feel really angry.
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    They vote...it's just another charge to add to the already LIST of charges to deport them on the spot.
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    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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