As of 2004, eleven states issued driving licenses to aliens without legal
status:
http://tinyurl.com/3dkd36
The problem for states is that if they do not issue any kind of driving
authorization, such persons will drive anyway (after all, over half of those
with licenses suspended for DUI, etc., continue to drive) and they will
drive UNINSURED. Those state residents (and other victims of the illegals)
without uninsured motorist coverage will be the ones to suffer.
Other states issue distinctive aliens' driving permits. Florida issues
restricted licenses to Canadian "snowbirds" and similar part-year residents.
As for deducing the number of illegals by language, that's not valid. Puerto
Ricans are US citizens and many of those speak little or no English.
Canadians with NAFTA rights may speak only French. (Indeed, I had a call
last week from a Quebec Government official about a social security matter,
and she spoke no English at all; of course she was calling from Canada. In
the past I've had to deal with Quebec tax officers who speak no English. I
suppose this goes more to whether Montgomery County ought to be providing
langauge help, since French is the official language of Quebec and if I want
to do business there it's up to me to speak their language.)
There's also the issue of foreign diplomats and international organization
officials. They have specific rights, as the US Supreme Court has held in
connection with in-state tuition: Elkins v. Moreno, 435 U.S. 647 (1978).
"Welfare" is another matter. Aliens get few such benefits, and most of those
they do get are in the public interest: communicable disease, accidents
(that may be paid for by worker's compensation or third-party liability
cover anyway); education of children who may be US citizens but in any event
will never leave the USA, etc.
Few law officers are competent to rule on the legal immigration status of a
person. How about Canadian Indians with Jay Treaty status, or Belau (Palau)
or Marshall island natives with the right to work and live without visa or
other documentation? Or Tohono O'odham tribe members?
And then there are places like Derby Line, VT where the border bisects
certain public buildings, including the public library.
Just to give a few examples that are an invitation to bigots and America
Firsters to run riot.
Le 20/7/07 01:18, dans sbTni.4620$SM6.25@trnddc01, « Gerome Kalbasov »
a écrit :
> The Montgomery County, Maryland website contains information which
> suggests the County is flagrantly breaking federal immigration law by
> employing and providing benefits for illegal alien. The state of
> Maryland issues drivers license to illegal alien which also appears to
> be illegal. Who is supposed to investigate and prosecute this and why
> are they not?
>
> A presentation from the county website contains the following
> information. Of the 931,000 county residents, 35% speak English as a
> second language. This implies a similar percentage are in the US
> illegally. The county funds day labor centers run by CASA de Maryland.
> CASA de Maryland is an illegal alien advocacy group. The county has a
> "don't ask don't tell policy" on legal status when providing benefits
> such as welfare, food stamps and housing assistance. This suggests the
> county knowingly provides all welfare services to illegal aliens.
>
> The county has a 4 billion dollar annual budget. With 35% of the people
> in the county likely to be illegal alien and with a "don't ask don't
> tell" policy on welfare it is likely that 1 or 2 billion dollars of the
> county's budget goes to the employment and benefits for illegal aliens.
> Just by casual observation most of the people working on county public
> works projects are illegal aliens.
>
> The county admits there are legal issues. Federal law 8 USC §
> 1324a(a)state, "it is unlawful for a person or other entity: To hire or
> to recruit or refer for a fee for employment" any illegal aliens. The
> county directly funds day labor centers knowing that most of the people
> using it are illegal. This can reasonable be considered recruiting
> illegals for employment and against the law.
>
> Federal law 8 USC § 1621 forbids providing welfare benefits to illegal
> aliens. The "don't ask don't tell" policy is in flagrant violation of
> this law. With hundreds of thousand of illegal aliens in the county, it
> is obvious the "don't ask don't tell" policy intentionally gives
> billions of aid to illegal aliens.
>
> Federal law 8 USC § 1324 also has clear provisions forbidding any
> "harboring" or "aiding and abetting" of illegal aliens.
>
> Who in the government is responsible for enforcing this law? Which
> agency like the FBI should investigate this? Which prosecutor, local,
> state or Federal can or should prosecute this? Why are they not doing so?
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