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My God...Unbelievable. Just received this alert from Numbers!

COLORADO: Call Governor to Oppose bill to make it easier for illegal aliens to obtain driver's license




This is a follow-up alert to the alert you received from me on Friday. After I sent the alert to you on Friday, I was alerted by the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform that the Colorado House had passed H.B. 1313 as well. The following alert comes from the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform and asks you to call Governor Ritter to oppose the bill.

BACKGROUND

The Colorado House and Senate have now passed a bill to make it easier for illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses and public services. House Bill 1313, introduced by Sen. Paula Sandoval, D-Denver, and Rep. Rosemary Marshall, D-Denver, weakens the requirements that applicants for driver's licenses and public services prove lawful residence by allowing the use of marriage licenses and AFFIDAVITS FROM NON-PROFITS as proof.

This would make it tremendously easier for illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses and public services.

COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM ALERT

1. Legislative Passage of HB07-1313

We have been actively keeping an eye on the Colorado legislature this
session. Now there is a bad bill up for the Governor to sign. This
is the time for you to act!

Over the course of the last several months the Colorado House and Senate have debated a revision of the requirements for obtaining a Drivers License. A coalition of homeless advocates have pressured, first through the courts, starting in Dec. 2006, and now at the Legislature, a lowering of the threshold of documents needed to obtain a DL. After a series of amendments, both houses have now passed a bill that sets the standards back 15 years and puts us in a position worse that before HB06S-1023, the keystone of last Summer's Special Session.

This bill has increased the likelihood of fraudulent documents being
used, including almost any scrap of paper available. In addition, it authorizes the Dept. of Revenue to arbitrarily determine the documents
it wants to use.

This is basically BAD LAW in addition to undoing the tight standards
previously established. It therefore becomes necessary for us to let
Governor Ritter know that he must reject this bill. Please call, Email or fax his office and demand that this bill be stopped. This is THE immigration-related bill for the session and it will undo the very
effective work accomplished by HB 1023 last summer (for more information, see http://www.defendcoloradonow.org/legisl ... _2006.html
).


Further information will follow as this develops.

This is the contact information:

Bill Ritter, Governor
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792

Phone
(303) 866-2471

Fax
(303) 866-2003

Email: governor.ritter@state.co.us

Please include a Colorado mailing address if you wish to receive a
reply. Please do not include any attachments.

BILL SUMMARY

The ReRevised 1313
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2 ... 13_rer.pdf

This is information from the Bill Summary:

Deems the following documents or document combinations to be valid
methods of proving that a person is lawfully present in the United
States:

A passport issued by the United States government;

A birth certificate and a social security card, a voter registration
card, a marriage, divorce, or separation certificate or decree, or
a Colorado or federal tax return;

A driver's license or identification document issued by the United
States government, Colorado, or any other state that requires lawful
presence;

An identity document issued by the department of corrections and a
social security card;

Documents issued by the United States government granting or recognizing
the person's immigration, asylum, or refugee status; and

Documents recognized by the United States government to prove lawful
presence.

Authorizes an applicant who is denied a driver's license, permit, or
identification card to request a hearing to determine whether the applicant
is qualified.

MORE ON REAL ID FROM COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM

As a part of the perfect storm revolving around ID issues, here is
current information about the impending requirements that the REAL
ID act will require.

REAL ID
Documents Required for Proving Identity. The list of acceptable documents
that DHS proposes to establish identity for purposes of this regulation
is as follows:
• A valid unexpired U.S. passport.9
• A certified copy of a birth certificate.
• A consular report of birth abroad
• An unexpired permanent resident card.
• An unexpired employment authorization document (EAD).
• An unexpired foreign passport with valid U.S. visa affixed.
• A U.S. certificate of citizenship.
• A U.S. certificate of naturalization; or
• A REAL ID driver’s license or identification card issued subsequent
to the standards established by this regulation.

9 A passport also includes the passport card that the Department of
State announced in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published October
17, 2006 concerning the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)
(71 Fed. Reg. 6092.

This is the main set of regulations: Starting on page 34-sw
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nprm_realid.pdf

Page 44-Evidence of Lawful Status in the United States. Followed by
Verification of Information Presented
Page 62-Exceptions Processing for Extraordinary Circumstances.





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Outrageous!

I got this alert from Numbers USA as well!!! I am on it! It just never ends!

Also, just a suggestion: ask the Governor to phone the Governor of a state that DOES grant licenses to illegals.

Then, ask him if the increase in identity theft(s) and document fraud, and being a magnet for related nefarious acts is really worth it.

He might be surprised to learn that several of the states that have undertaken such a policy are now trying to back away from it. Tennessee, I believe, has already done so.

Ritter is for a pathway to citizenship for these illegals. EVERYONE needs to call him! I have sent him many emails! I have called before he was elected and spoke with the aid... I am so fed up with them!!

I just sent a very pointed e-mail to the Governor opposing this crap of a bill. What garbage!! Let's see if I get a response.

PhredE wrote:

Also, just a suggestion: ask the Governor to phone the Governor of a state that DOES grant licenses to illegals.

Then, ask him if the increase in identity theft(s) and document fraud, and being a magnet for related nefarious acts is really worth it.

He might be surprised to learn that several of the states that have undertaken such a policy are now trying to back away from it. Tennessee, I believe, has already done so.

Great Idea PhredE! Thanks! Will do!