July 18, 2005

Illegal immigration-supporting governors complain about minor costs

The AP reports on the National Governors Association's summer conference in "Driver's license costs will skyrocket, governors warn". The three governors complaining are:

Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
Tom Vilsack of Iowa
Bill Richardson of New Mexico

Also see "Who is the Cheap Labor Lobby?" for the first two.

Those three were reportedly "fuming" and ready to complain to the DHS today.

Huckabee: "It's outrageous to pass this off on the states... You're essentially asking the front-line clerks at the DMV to become an INS agent and a law enforcement agent."

Vilsack: "This is going to drive the cost of driver’s licenses for ordinary folks through the roof... I think it’s going to drive people crazy."

Richardson says that giving illegal aliens driver's licenses has made roads safer, since licensed immigrants can get insured... adding that it also helps the state keep track of immigrants and integrate them into the community.

Follow the money, and, in the case of the last, follow the ethnic solidarity as well. Perhaps the wise folks of at least AR and IA could start a recall if their governors aren't going to do their part in trying to enforce our laws against illegal immigration.

Posted to Immigration_dls at July 18, 2005 12:47 PM

Comments

Those who facilitate illegal immigration of those on net public subsidy are in no position to complain of some relatively microscopic licensing expenses. These governors plunder the net taxpayer, and burn with enthusiasm for increasing the pillage, by means of easy immigration for low income populations into the wastrel welfare society. They are not mistaken, but deliberate plunderers, who delight in the increase of aggression on the citizen.

Posted by: John S Bolton at July 18, 2005 04:52 PM