Democrats in NM Senate vote to keep driver's license access for illegal immigrants

ALL 14 REPUBLICANS DISSENT; STALEMATE POSSIBLE FOR 2ND YEAR IN SUCCESSION

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http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/graphics/photos/SJENT.jpgState senators voted 27-15 Monday night to maintain the law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain New Mexico driver's license.


The vote went along party lines with one exception. Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, joined the 14 Republican senators in opposing the measure.


The bill, by Sen. Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, (right) calls for one-year license renewals by foreign nationals. Most New Mexico driver's licenses are good for four or eight years.


Previously, the House of Representatives voted 45-25 to outlaw the controversial licensing program. House and Senate members are at odds on the issue for the second consecutive year.


If they cannot agree on a bill by Thursday, the existing licensing system would remain intact
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Posted by Milan Simonich on 02/13/2012 at 11:42 PM

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Will someone get us a list of names of all the Democratic TRAITORS in the New Mexico state Senate that just protected the illegal immigrant invasion into America?

Please post a list of their names here and create TAGS on each of the the traitors.

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Not quite sure of the vote reported, seems to be off by one. There are 27 Dems, one joined the Reps so 26 would have voted.

Pete Campos
Carlos R. Cisneros
Tim Eichenberg
Dede Feldman
Stephen H. Fishmann
Mary J. M. Garcia
Eric G. Griego
Phil A. Griego
Timothy Z. Jennings
Timothy M. Keller
Linda M. Lopez
Lynda M. Lovejoy
Cisco McSorley
Richard Martinez
Howie C. Morales
George K. Munoz
Cynthia Nava
Jerry Ortiz y Pino
Mary K. Papen
John Pinto
Nancy Rodriguez
Bernadette M. Sanchez
Michael Sanchez
John M. Sapien
David Ulibarri
Peter Wirth

Names compiled from a combination of two websites:
New Mexico Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Mexico State Senate | Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM)

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and create TAGS on each of the the traitors

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Put in most names, reached tag limit so about 5 names are not tagged.

No wonder , the majority of them appear to have hispanic names . Now that seems racist to me .

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Originally Posted by Hawk

No wonder , the majority of them appear to have hispanic names . Now that seems racist to me .

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Try and get a good job in New Mexico without either speaking Spanish or being a Mexican.

They don't call themselves "LaRaza" for nothing.

RELATED ALIPAC NEW MEXICO AMNESTY News ..

Governor's ally says New Mexico immigrant driver's license issue dead for legislative

"New Mexicans do not want a law in place that continues to provide driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, period," said Martinez.

She wants New Mexicans to call their senators and urge lawmakers to approve her proposal before the session ends Thursday. But if nothing passes, the governor said she'll continue to push the issue in future legislative sessions. Martinez's term runs through 2014.

Rep. Andy Nunez, a Hatch independent sponsoring the governor's proposal, says there's not enough support in the House to approve the Senate-passed bill — likely ending chances for any legislation to pass this session.

"I am going to fight at every opportunity to make sure this law is repealed," said Martinez.

The governor contends it's a public safety risk to issue licenses to illegal immigrants.

I'm from New Mexico and I'm very disappointed. I'm Hispanic and I dislike most Hispanic politicians here in this state because they are pro-illegal and they don't give damn about the legal residents of this state.