EVERY
DAY 12 AMERICANS ARE MURDERED BY ILLEGALS. MANY BY ILLEGALS DRIVING UNLICENSED,
UNINSURED AND DRUNK! AFTER ALL, LA RAZA CONSIDERS ITSELF ABOVE THE LAW!
MEXICANS DRIVE ILLEGALLY, CONTRACT ILLEGALLY, VOTE ILLEGALLY AND USE STOLEN
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO LOOT OUR JOBS!
THE
LA RAZA DEMS WANT TO HAND LA RAZA DRIVER’S LICENSES AS THIS IS DE FACTO
CITIZENSHIP. THEY KNOW THAT LA RAZA SUPREMACY DEMANDS THAT MEXICANS STAND IN
FRONT OF LEGALS, THE LAWS, AND ARE ABOVE, UNDER AND OVER OUR BORDERS DEMANDING
IT!
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“The policy of giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants,
which nearly every other state has repealed or opposed, leads to fraud, human
trafficking, organized crime and significant security concerns,” said Scott
Darnell, a spokesman for Ms. Martinez, who gave a nod to the repeal efforts in
her State of the State address on Tuesday.
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January 18, 2012
A
New Fight on Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
By DAN FROSCH
SANTA FE, N.M. —
It is legislative season in New Mexico, which means it is time once again to
debate whether illegal immigrants should be granted driver’s licenses.
For the third
straight session, Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, will be pushing to repeal
a nearly decade-old law that allows New Mexico residents who are in this
country illegally to obtain the licenses.
Debate over the
issue has not only bitterly divided lawmakers in the state — one of only two
that permits illegal immigrants to get the same licenses as citizens — it has
also become a recurring theme of Ms. Martinez’s tenure.
This year’s
legislative session, which convened Tuesday, promises to be no different as
both sides gear up for another contentious battle over the issue.
“The policy of giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants,
which nearly every other state has repealed or opposed, leads to fraud, human
trafficking, organized crime and significant security concerns,” said Scott
Darnell, a spokesman for Ms. Martinez, who gave a nod to the repeal efforts in
her State of the State address on Tuesday.
“The issue has
been debated long enough; it doesn’t take much time for lawmakers to vote to
repeal this dangerous law,” Mr. Darnell said.
But opponents are
vowing to beat back the first-term governor’s latest efforts, and say her
fixation on the issue has spawned an environment of fear among immigrants in
New Mexico.
“I think voters
are pretty tired of this issue,” said Marcela Díaz, executive director of Somos Un Pueblo
Unido, a New Mexico immigrant advocacy group. “We know New Mexicans
care about jobs and the economy and not wedge issues and this kind of political
posturing.”
Supporters of the
current policy say it helps reduce unlicensed drivers and fosters cooperation
between law enforcement and immigrants. A coalition of groups plans to converge
on the State Capitol here on Tuesday to protest the proposed repeal.
Aside from New
Mexico, Washington State also allows illegal immigrants to have driver’s
licenses. Utah allows illegal immigrants to get a driving privilege card, but
the document cannot be used as government identification.
It is still
unclear if this year’s bill has the votes to pass the New Mexico Legislature,
which is controlled by Democrats. Last year, repeal legislation cleared the
House but was defeated in the Senate, and efforts to revive the bill in a
special session failed.
But there are
rumblings that some lawmakers who have opposed the repeal might change their
minds.
“We have an
election coming up,” said State Representative Andy Nuñez, an independent from
Hatch and the bill’s sponsor. “I think legislators will take into account that
if the majority of their constituents tell them to vote for it, I think they’re
going to vote for it.”
IT DOES NOT
MATTER WHAT LEGALS (AMERICANS) THINK, IT MATTERS ONLY THAT LA RAZA SUPREMACY BE
EXPANDED IN ALL STATES TO EXPAND THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION!
Mr. Nuñez cited a 2010 poll in The Albuquerque Journal that found
72 percent of New Mexican voters surveyed did not support the current law.
Still, this
year’s debate promises to be particularly heated. Over the summer, Ms.
Martinez’s administration sent 10,000 letters to foreign citizens with New
Mexico driver’s licenses, seeking proof of residency. The letters followed a
rash of scams aimed at getting local licenses for immigrants living outside the
state.
About a third of
the letters were returned as undeliverable, raising suspicion of fraud, Mr.
Darnell said.
A state judge
temporarily halted the program after the Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a lawsuit claiming the
review was unconstitutional. Arguments are expected this year.
Last week, the
legal defense group filed a separate lawsuit in state court on behalf of a
woman who worked at the Motor Vehicle Division in Albuquerque. The woman
claimed she was not allowed to translate the letters for Spanish-speaking
foreign citizens and said she was fired after complaining about how the
immigrants were treated.
“It’s incredibly
divisive, and on top of that, it also has created an atmosphere of hostility
for many New Mexicans with lawful status and without lawful status,” said David
Hinojosa, the group’s Southwest regional counsel, of Ms. Martinez’s repeal
efforts.
Demesia Padilla, secretary for the New
Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, characterized the lawsuit as being
filed by a political special interest group “in their quest to defend a policy
of giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants that most New Mexicans find
to be indefensible.”
In a statement,
she said the woman’s claims were false and described her as a part-time
employee with a poor work record.
Mr. Nuñez said
that he planned to introduce the driver’s license repeal bill this week.
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