No matter how he packages it, he is still allowing illegals to have licenses. We are being force fed illegals, no matter what we have to say about it, NY and the Feds are not listening to the voice and the will of the people.
Spitzer forges compromise on driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
Gov. Spitzer announced on Saturday a new plan to offer three kinds of New York driver’s licenses – a move that might quell fears about giving licenses to illegal immigrants, but also brought sharp criticism from both backers and opponents of his original idea.
Spitzer ran into powerful resistance when he proposed making driver’s licenses available to undocumented immigrants – not only from Republican rivals but from voters.
Saturday, he announced a compromise deal with the Bush administration to create three kinds of licenses:
One document will comply with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, letting people drive and also cross the U.S.-Canada border without a passport.
A second driver’s license, also only available to citizens and legal immigrants, will meet the security requirements of the federal Real ID Act and can be used for boarding planes.
The third will be a basic state license only for driving, available to citizens, legal immigrants and undocumented aliens.
“We’re on our way to offering to New Yorkers the option of three secure licenses to drive and travel in this state, in this country and throughout the Western Hemisphere,” Spitzer said at Homeland Security Department headquarters.
Appearing with Spitzer, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff said the enhanced licenses “address our concerns,” but also made it crystal-clear – four times – that he’s less than thrilled at the illegal immigrant component.
“I do not endorse and I do not think it’s a good idea to give undocumented workers [driver's] licenses or IDs of any kind,” Chertoff said.
Spitzer’s announcement brought a sharp response from his top Republican rival, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (R-Rensselaer), who said the governor “is still not listening to the millions of New Yorkers, and their elected representatives from both sides of the aisle, who want him to pull the plug on his ill-advised plan, not just make some changes.”
And the New York Civil Liberties Union, which cheered Spitzer’s original plan, attacked him Saturday for a “stunning lack of courage,” saying the governor had “bowed to fear-mongering and turned New York into a poster child for the Bush administration’s assault on civil liberties.”
Team Spitzer offered up an endorsement from Assemblyman Philip Ramos (D-Suffolk), who said the plan “will bring millions of people out of the shadows while strengthening our national security at the same time.”
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