Eliot Spitzer Would Give Ahmadinejad a Driver’s License

 by Tony Dolz  

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<>The state of New York no longer requires proof of citizenship for driver's licenses.

The state of New York no longer requires proof of citizenship for driver's licenses. The driver’s licenses for illegal aliens bill was signed into law September 21 in the state capitol by a grinning Governor Eliot Spitzer, who was backslapped by employers of illegal aliens, immigration law attorneys, churches that get a cut of government grants to aid mostly illegal aliens, and brazen representatives of the increasingly politically aggressive illegal alien community.

The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is supplying weapons to Al-Qaida, the international terrorist organization, with which to kill Americans in Iraq and Afganistan (NY Times, Sept 20th, 2007). You and I would not trust Ahmadinejad loose in the United States with a valid New York driver’s license giving him access to places and information that are dangerous to us, but it does not bother Governor Eliot Spitzer one bit. Ahmadinejad has not gone missing in America yet, he is under constant watch; but did you know that between September 11, 2001 and September 11, 2005, 91,000 persons from countries that harbor terrorism have been apprehended at our border with Mexico? (According to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, it is estimated that for each one caught it is estimated that 4 or 5 are never spotted crossing.)

T.J. Bonner, President of the Border Patrol Agents, has testified that Border Patrol Agents and Supervisors have been prohibited by President Bush, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the former (disgraced) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales from speaking publicly about these captures.

According to the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General, between 2001-2005 “more than 91,000 aliens from Special Interest Countries or State Sponsors of Terrorism, were apprehended, of which 45,000 were later released” into American society. “This presents a significant risk due to the inability of CBP and ICE to verify the identity, country-of origin, and terrorist or criminal affiliation of many of the aliens being released.” Approximately 85 percent are then expected to abscond, or fail to appear for immigration hearings before the Court.

It is not clear how the New York law is consistent with the Real ID Act signed into law on May 11, 2005. Regarding the issuance of a state driver’s license the law acts states:

Verification of U.S. Citizenship and Lawful Status

§202(c)(2)(A), (B)

Before issuing a DL/ID, a state shall require and verify valid documentary evidence that the person: (i) is a U.S. citizen, (ii) is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary residence, (iii) has a conditional permanent resident status, (iv) ) is a refugee or has been granted asylum, (v) has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status, (vi) has a pending application for asylum, (vii) has a pending or approved application for temporary protected status, (viii) has approved deferred status, or (ix) has a pending application for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or conditional permanent resident status.

Governor Spitzer holds a law degree from Harvard and was the Attorney General of the state of New York. By issuing New York driver’s licenses to illegal aliens and potential terrorists in hiding, he shows complete and callous disregard for the rule of law and our safety.

According to the 9/11 Commission Report, the 9/11 hijackers obtained 13 driver’s licenses (two of which were duplicates) and 21 US or state-issued identification cards (usually used for showing residence in the U.S. or a state). What if we are targeted again and some of the terrorists are carrying New York State driver’s licenses?

There are now at least 22 million illegal aliens in our country. The number grows by the day. The cheap labor profiteers want the borders open to ensure a continuous flow of cheap labor to replace American workers and depress their wages.

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