Pat Dollard | Young Americans

New York Governor Spitzer has instituted a driver’s license program that even his own constituents don’t like. Seventy-two percent of those New Yorkers that responded have reacted negatively to this program. But, that could well be because they are nothing more than “venomous racists”. That is what the good Governor is calling those who disagree with his program. You see the program in question is giving Driver’s Licenses (DL) to those that are in this country illegally. Maybe Governor Spitzer is the racist; he is the only one in the debate talking about Mexican nationals here illegally. I hear pundits saying that this is a state issue and should not be criticized on the national level, but they are grossly mistaken.

Because of the way that the Federal has been written, Illinois must recognize another States Driver’s License and allow the carrier of Driver’s License the privilege to drive in Illinois. Regardless of any Illinois laws that would exclude the illegal alien holding a valid New York DL from driving legally in Illinois. God forbid, an illegal from New York comes to Chicago with more documentation than he got to New York with, well he or she now has a valid DL in their possession. I would have to assume that to the untrained civilian this would lower any red flags that may have popped up. Although I do not believe that a DL will make them desire to become Americans, they will still want to be _________ living in America (fill in the blank with country of origin).

So they will be able to drive legally, if you can call their trespassing here legal, but will they learn English? Will it stop the practice of Identity Theft? I think not. They will still need to steal a Social Security Number from someone who has come here legally, or was born here. They cannot go to work without one, but they will be able to legally drive themselves to the under the table job or the one that they stole a Social Security Number to get hired. They will still need a Social Security Number to get any Federal Benefits, or apply for a credit card; unless they bank at Bank of Anti-America.

Governor Spitzer does this really make us safer? In reality I firmly believe it undermines both local security, as well as National security. Giving a DL to those that are in this country without the consent of “We the People” will only make it easier to get through the day to day business of living. Why not make it easier for a stalker to continue to stalk? Is illegal immigration any more legal than stalking? No, it is not, nor is it any safer for any of us living legally in the United States of America. The Federal Government has put in place a process of vetting to get the privilege of coming to America legally. There a background checks, both medical and criminal. They were not just put through paces for the sake of someone’s amusement. Just because you think that there is more opportunity for a better life here in America does not give you the right to come and live here. We are a nation of laws, and if we do not follow those laws then what is the point of writing more laws.

It is inherently unfair to those of us that were either born here or, like my sister-in-law, have had to jump through all of the right hoops to become American citizens to just give illegal aliens legitimacy. It should be a slap in the face to all of us that some elected officials feel that they are above the law of the land and can pick and choose which laws to enforce. If in a Sanctuary City/County/State a suspected illegal alien is not asked about their immigration status, then why can the same City/County/State employee ask you or me for our Driver’s License, or proof of insurance? If we refused to comply with the request we could be arrested and jailed, at least when we arrived at Cook County Jail we would be comforted by the signs in four languages informing us that it is illegal for any Cook County employee to ask us about our status in this Great Nation of ours.

It is inherently unfair to put illegal aliens on the path to legitimacy. A driver’s license or State ID gives us the required legitimacy to do things as simple as writing a check to pay for our groceries. Try to get on a plane today without a State issued ID card, I guarantee you will not get close to the concourses let alone the planes without one.

So, why exactly is it that we want to help people hide in plain site? It would be the most obvious first steps in making all of them legal. If you cannot pass a blanket amnesty you break down what you really want to accomplish and work on your goal in smaller steps.

Immigration Reform, better known as the Amnesty Bill, did not pass muster. The Dream Act has not yet died yet. It is very similar to the way that smoking has been made to become politically incorrect or taboo. Smoking bans did not just pop up in different cities over the course of two or three weeks, it took thirty to forty years to get to the point that society has come to about smoking. Immigration will start with whatever foothold they can get and move from there. The problem is, up until Code Pink and Move On we have stayed the silent majority, and we continue to be.

I fully understand that there are millions of people that are here in America illegally that live decent lives and just want to give their families more. I applaud that. I think that it is great that they want to elevate their families living situation, but what parent does not want to give their children a better life? Maybe it is a better idea for them to go back to their country of origin and use their energies to make that country a better place to live. If we sent 20 million people back to where they came from think about all the good that could be done world wide, they have already lived the example.

Question: What documentation do undocumented people provide to receive their license?

Answer: If they are here and undocumented they have no documentation to provide.

Not a bad idea. Sign me up as Willie E. Coyote and give me access to ACME and I think I can deal with Al Quada