edward said:
A lot of the drivers licenses were sold to illegals by employees of the DMV, and not just here in AZ.
The database I mentioned is to check Social Security numbers, and no one can be hired
legally without a Social Security number. However, if so inclined (or should I say brave) an illegal could register to vote with a driver's license, so that's not a good thing either.
edward, did you see this on the news?
Every day around the clock illegal immigrants make a run for the border. Most who are caught will be deported and will likely try again of course. But those who are caught in Arizona may not be so lucky. They have to deal with a rebel sheriff and his posse of thousands. CNN's Peter Viles has more on that controversial policy and patrols in a story that first aired on CNN'S "Lou Dobbs Tonight."
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PETER VILES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A perk walk you won't see anywhere else, illegal aliens arrested for allegedly agreeing to be smuggled into America and making the mistake of passing through Maricopa County, Arizona.
SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: I'm trying get a message out to all the illegals from Mexico to stay out of this county.
VILES: Maverick sheriff Joe Arpaio believes Arizona's new anti- smuggling law applies not just to coyotes, but to the illegal aliens they transport.
ARPAIO: It's interpreted by the county attorney that those that are in conspiracy with the smuggler can also be locked up. I'm the only law enforcement agency doing it.
VILES: And doing it his way using some of his vast posse of 3,000 volunteers to patrol the desert. This volunteer helped round up nine illegals and two alleged smugglers Tuesday morning.
ANDREW RAMSAMMY, VOLUNTEER DEPUTY: When you get a phone call at 4:00 in the morning from the sheriff, you respond.
VILES: Arpaio's deputies have jailed 120 illegals this year and this sheriff does not believe in catch and release.
ARPAIO: It's a felony, 1 1/2 years to 3 years in prison if convicted. So it's not a misdemeanor. I could very easily turn these people over to immigration, they get a free ride back to Mexico. Right now they're getting a free ride to the jail.
VILES: Jail space is not a problem. Arpaio is the sheriff who built a tent city of jail cells.
RUSSELL PEARCE, (R) ARIZONA STATE HOUSE: The message has to be loud and clear. We're not taking it any more. You enter this country illegally, you're going to be arrested, you're going to be deported.
VILES: It's likely though the county will face a legal challenge in its use of the new law. At the state level, it is being used only to target the smuggler. The sheriff bristled at the suggestion his posse is somehow similar to "The Minutemen" saying his volunteer posse undergoes extensive professional training and is sworn in under the Arizona state constitution. Peter Viles for CNN, Los Angeles.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/04/acd.01.html
I say good for Arpaio. And I feel he has a solid legal case. True, the illegals are the "contraband" but unlike drugs, they are "consenting adults" so unless they are kidnapped, they are accomplices to the smugglers (coyotes). In the past, I have also had email correspondence with Representative Pearce, who has been advocating English as the national language for a long time now. (Just as a side note, his son was a Deputy who was shot by an illegal alien.)
And then this:
A Los Angeles attorney brought into the case last week by the Mexican Consul General's Office in Phoenix plans to file another motion claiming Maricopa County Attorney officials are violating state and federal law because it's the federal government's job to control illegal immigration.
Both motions are to be argued in county court on May 23.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/3841709.html
The Mexican Consul General's Office? And of course they would like the federal government to be responsible because the federal government does nothing but look the other way.
In the meantime, I keep seeing bleeding-heart BS from the likes of Patti Davis (Reagan's daughter). In her article "Rude America" by Patti Davis wrote:
"Yet on May 1, thousands of immigrants across the country marched and waved flags and professed their love for America. Doesn’t anyone see the irony in this? These are people who not only put up with the same climate of rudeness the rest of us do, but they’re paid poorly, they will never get their Social Security benefits (if they’re here illegally) and now there is a move to send them all away. Yet they sincerely love this country. They’re willing to see past our obvious shortcomings and work hard to live here."
With all the Mexican flags being waved, and chants of "Mexico!" in Spanish, how does Patti come to the conclusion that these law-breaking illegals have loyalty to America? And I guess she didn't see footage of them throwing rocks and bottles at police officers as it began to get dark. If Americans are rude, it's probably because they are paid poorly, thanks to depressed wages due to illegals in our country. As for Social Security benefits, can any of us count on receiving these benefits, especially since far more of our tax dollars must be spent on other benefits illegals enjoy in increasing numbers? First, Patti and many other pro-amnesty people need to understand that these illegals are here because of corporate greed, and not by invitation of tax-paying citizens. The American people therefore don't owe illegals anything.
A recent study comparing immigration/illegal entry laws of six nations (Sweden, Egypt, etc., and including Mexico) concluded that all have stiffer laws than the U.S. has. The more I learn, the more my position hardens. I say:
1) Secure our border by sealing it off as best as we can as soon as we can. I feel this must include building a wall.
In the meantime, and going forward, those who cross the border illegally once should be charged a fine and deported immediately. A warrant for their arrest should be issued for failure to pay the fine. On a second attempt to cross the border they should be charged with a misdemeanor. In these ways local law enforcement can assist in apprehending them if they continue to enter illegally. Right now it is only a "civil offense."
2) Amend the constitution so that birth is automatic citizenship only to children of legal parents. This also is the norm in other countries.
3) Require employers to check Social Security numbers. There is already a database online by which they can do this. Then if they find documents are fraudulent, they also should be required to report it to the INS.
4) It should be a felony to use fake ID, and especially to manufacture and distribute fraudulent documents.
5) English needs to be made our national language, and anything provided by our government in any other language must be ended. Making government services available in Spanish is discriminatory to other nationalities, contrary to assimilation and advancement, and contributes to delusions of entitlement by illegals.
I know some feel it is best to focus on one thing at a time, beginning with securing the border. But I feel all these things should be in the debate now, or we may never progress to the rest of these items later.
In the meantime, believe it or not, environmentalists are against amnesty for illegals. They say the resulting population explosion in the U.S. would be very detrimental. That's right, the tree huggers want to measure and control immigration -- they are against a free-for-all.
Keep up the phone calls, letters, and emails to your congressional representatives! It makes a difference.
And worst of all signs demanding amnesty, and when several protestors were interviewed (none from a country other than Mexico), that was the message. They are demanding amnesty--not earning citizenship, not guest worker programs, but blanket amnesty for all. It's insane. I'm disgusted.
often kidnapped or sold by families.