Coatzocoalcos wrote:
> See the Maryland DMV Web Site's "Task Force Study" on licensing aliens:
> http://www.mva.state.md.us/Resources/Task_Force_Final.pdf
>
A drivers license is a benefit and privilege which should be illegal
under 8 USC § 1621 forbidding benefits and services to illegals. The
list of silly excused you have given below is a sham. Law abiding
citizens are required to prove their citizenship all the time. You have
to provide a birth certificate when you get a passport, for example. It
is a simple procedure.
I will read the task force study to see if it adds any useful info.
>
> 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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