In "Advocates Assail Driver's License Rules" the AP transcribes for us the thoughts of the National Council of the Race about READ ID:

"This is clearly an anti-immigrant bill that's going to have a very harmful impact on the Latino community and all immigrant communities," said Michele Waslin, director of immigration policy research at the National Council of La Raza.

"It doesn't make us one iota safer. Not a single immigrant is going to be returned to his or her home country if they're denied a driver's license."

Obviously, she's wrong. Several of the 9/11 hijackers were able to get driver's licenses, in some cases through fraud. See all the entries in this category for the details.

And, while she doesn't provide an answer and the "reporter" doesn't ask, not giving driver's licenses away like candy will serve as yet another disencentive for prospective illegal aliens. And, of course, the spokesperson from the National Council of the Race confuses "immigrant" with "illegal immigrant". And, the reporter doesn't mention this:

The group was initiated by a research project funded by the Ford Foundation. Today La Raza has more than 270 formal affiliates serving 40 states, and a broader nationwide network of more than 30,000 groups and individuals who reach at least 3.5 million Hispanics in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Notwithstanding this large base of support, more than two-thirds of La Raza's funding comes from corporations and foundations, and much of the rest stems from government sources. Between 2001 and 2003, the Ford Foundation alone gave La Raza some $9.83 million, including a single grant of $8.05 million.

The article rambles on, giving the thoughts of yet another far-left group without identifying them as such. The article - of course - also confuses "immigrant" with "illegal immigrant."

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