See the Maryland DMV Web Site's "Task Force Study" on licensing aliens:
http://www.mva.state.md.us/Resources/Task_Force_Final.pdf
Le 21/7/07 18:25, dans C2C7FF49.DA87%coatzocoalcos8@hotmail.com,
« Coatzocoalcos » a écrit :
> 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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