Having illegal immigrants apply for driver’s licenses ensures they will be tested, making them safer drivers and more likely to be insured.
The debate over whether to offer driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants has a usefully neurological angle: It’s a way of defining “insanity” as the process of shooting yourself in the foot in the expectation that someone else will scream in pain.
The people who are supposedly afflicted with the pain are undocumented immigrants, who are theoretically deprived of the right to drive on our roads. The injury inflicted on society arises from the fact that many of the supposed targets of this punishment drive anyway. They just do so without training, without testing and without insurance.
Does this sound rational to you? If so, here’s your straitjacket.
The debate over whether to offer driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants has a usefully neurological angle: It’s a way of defining “insanity” as the process of shooting yourself in the foot in the expectation that someone else will scream in pain.
The people who are supposedly afflicted with the pain are undocumented immigrants, who are theoretically deprived of the right to drive on our roads. The injury inflicted on society arises from the fact that many of the supposed targets of this punishment drive anyway. They just do so without training, without testing and without insurance.
Does this sound rational to you? If so, here’s your straitjacket.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said he supports the idea of allowing illegal immigrants to have driver’s licenses as long as they have been in the United States for a number of years without committing other crimes.
Baca’s comments Thursday come as Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has also expressed support for driver’s license for illegal immigrants.
Baca said such licenses should only be issued after illegal immigrants fill out comprehensive applications, similar to those for citizenship. The sheriff also said the licenses should be up for renewal annually, and be noticeably different than those issued to citizens.
“There’s enough potential for Chief Beck’s idea for it to be explored,” Baca said Thursday.
The sheriff has expressed openness to illegal immigrants being issued driver’s licenses before. In 2002, he supported a proposal to allow the licenses, but to imprint them with a special marker such as the letter “I” for immigrant so police
Baca’s comments Thursday come as Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has also expressed support for driver’s license for illegal immigrants.
Baca said such licenses should only be issued after illegal immigrants fill out comprehensive applications, similar to those for citizenship. The sheriff also said the licenses should be up for renewal annually, and be noticeably different than those issued to citizens.
“There’s enough potential for Chief Beck’s idea for it to be explored,” Baca said Thursday.
The sheriff has expressed openness to illegal immigrants being issued driver’s licenses before. In 2002, he supported a proposal to allow the licenses, but to imprint them with a special marker such as the letter “I” for immigrant so police
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants could get California driver’s licenses if a bill headed to Gov. Jerry Brown becomes law.
The state Assembly Thursday approved a bill that would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue licenses to undocumented immigrants eligible for work permits under a new Obama administration policy.
The landmark bill would allow immigrants to use documents they received through the federal program as proof of legal residence at the DMV.
Democratic Assemblyman Gil Cedilla of Los Angeles said he wrote AB2189 to make roads safer, and allow young immigrants to drive to school
The state Assembly Thursday approved a bill that would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue licenses to undocumented immigrants eligible for work permits under a new Obama administration policy.
The landmark bill would allow immigrants to use documents they received through the federal program as proof of legal residence at the DMV.
Democratic Assemblyman Gil Cedilla of Los Angeles said he wrote AB2189 to make roads safer, and allow young immigrants to drive to school
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