Just stop asking for proof of citizenship!
The state (New York) will no longer require proof of citizenship for driver's licenses.
"We're changing our policy with respect to getting more people out of shadows and into the system so people don't hide they're here," Spitzer said.
He said the current restrictions on non-citizens have filled the roads with unlicensed drivers five times more likely to get into accidents.
So, now the unsafe drivers can get licenses and that makes New York safer...how?
I always enjoy the "there are too many of them" argument when you talk about documentation of legal status. The only reason there are "too many of them" is because we don't enforce the laws we have. Of course, there's a mixture of reasons why we don't enforce them: business likes cheap labor, family members here want other family members here, the world thinks we're mean when we limit immigration like other countries. Oh, and don't forget this goody: you must be racist if you think immigration laws should be enforced.
But I must admit I'm left scratching my head when I read stories like this. I can't see how not asking for documentation makes these drivers any safer. And now the state of New York is admitting it doesn't care who is legal and who isn't. So, this is smart how?
New York seems more interested in making illegal immigrants comfortable here rather than obeying the law, which explains how chemotherapy is an emergency.
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