San Francisco To Issue I.D.’s To Illegals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco will give resident identification cards to illegal immigrants under a plan approved on Tuesday amid a fierce nationwide debate on granting privileges to undocumented aliens.
In a 10-1 vote, the city’s board of supervisors — the equivalent of a city council — approved giving identification cards to all residents, including illegal immigrants. The move makes San Francisco the largest U.S. city to back such a plan.
Residents will be able to obtain the resident cards by presenting photo identification and proof they live in the city, such as a utility bill. It was unclear if the new cards, which will be accepted at libraries and health clinics, will carry photos.
Such a move had been expected from San Francisco, which is famously liberal. Earlier this year, Mayor Gavin Newsom said he would not allow city officials and employees to assist immigration raids by federal authorities seeking up people who had committed crimes or disregarded deportation orders.
San Francisco, which declared itself a “sanctuary city” in 1989, also this year launched a program to provide medical care to uninsured residents regardless of their immigration status.
At the state level, California’s Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would allow undocumented aliens to obtain state identification cards, including driver’s licenses.
By contrast, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, proposed giving illegal immigrants drivers licenses. But he was forced to drop the plan last week due to overwhelming opposition, even from presidential candidates from his own party like Hillary Clinton.
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Illegals are criminals! why do we reward someone for breaking in my opinion our biggest law, our own fu*king sovereignty..son of a bitch! how hard is this to understand for people?
November 20th, 2007 at 4:51 pmI doesn’t matter how many id cards they are givin, no matter what they do, or whereever they go………they’ll still be ILLEGALS!!!!!
November 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm[…] San Francisco To Issue I.D.’s To Illegals […]
November 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pmEncourage your representatives to cut off FEDERAL FUNDING issued to sanctuary cities . . . San Francisco is being given our tax dollars by Washington for their police force, which is not allowed to enforce U.S. laws AND ordered not to “assist immigration raids by federal authorities seeking up people who had committed crimes or disregarded deportation orders.” Furthermore, San Francisco receives tax dollars to supplement hospitals which provide medical care to uninsured residents regardless of their immigration status. These are just a couple of examples of Federal tax dollars given without question to San Francisco - there are more examples.
I fume at the thought of my tax dollars going to the military hating City of San Francisco.
November 20th, 2007 at 6:06 pmLet San Fransicko do it. The ID’s are not STATE issue and are only worthless. None of the ID’s can be used for legal busines - IE: DL, FOID card Passport etc.
November 20th, 2007 at 6:22 pmState trumps city.
This is current law.
Put Any Twosome Newsome under a jail!
Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime. Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his or her work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.
So anyone harmed by an illegal alien may sue San Francisco under RICO for conspiring to commit a felony, causing said damage to plaintif by failure to protect the legitimate citizen.
November 20th, 2007 at 8:39 pmTHIS IS THE WAY TO STOP THIS SHIT. $$$$$$$