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| Rubio Reason for Legalizing Illegals: 'They Are Driving on Our Streets Without a Driver's License' |
| 2013-04-21 |
| [CNSNEWS] Sen. Marco Rubio (R.-Fla.), one of eight senators who have crafted legislation that would put illegal aliens on a path to U.S. citizenship, explained in a Senate floor speech yesterday that one of the reasons he wants to do this is that he believes illegal aliens are currently driving on U.S. roads without drivers licenses and auto insurance and his bill would encourage them to get licenses and buy insurance. It would actually be pretty simple to just recognize Mexican drivers licenses and vehicle registration, as we do Canadian. Better would be to use the international driver's license, that requires you have a valid license from your home country. The insurance requirement is enforced for both citizens and non-citizens. Rubio explained that under his bill ilegal aliens who "have committed serious crimes" will be deported. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... the proposal will apparently not deem as a serious crime the habit of routinely driving without a driver's license. It's kinda forced on them, isn't it? "We have people in this country who are having children who are U.S. citizens and they go to our schools; they are driving on our streets without a driver's license, which means they have no car insurance, which means all of us have to pay more in car insurance as a result," said Rubio. "This is obviously not good for them, but it is not good for us." My grandparents got here in 1919. My grandfather was naturalized in 1953. Back then, in the Lower Paleolithic, it didn't present a problem. Rubio said that the first reason he wants to legalize illegal aliens is "because it is in the best interest of our country." Sounds a lot like "Change," which is "Good" regardless of what it involves. "If there are people in this country illegally who entered here before December 2011, they have to present themselves," Rubio said on the Senate floor. "They will undergo a background check. If they have committed serious crimes in the U.S., they will be de- ported. If they have not, they will have to pay an application fee, a fine." My daughter-in-law, a Canadian citizen, has to jump through hoops and stand on her hands and spit quarters as part of the naturalization process. Wouldn't it be simpler for Mexicans (and Salvadorans, Cameroonians, and Antarcticans) to remain their respective nationalities and have their interests looked after by their respective consulates, which would be established in major cities? Simply being born in this country shouldn't be a grounds for automatic citizenship, though I could agree that being born here plus something else--being married to a citizen, serving in the military, etc.--should be. But what the hell do I know? I'm just an old crank. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Rubio Reason for Legalizing Illegals: 'They Are Driving on Our Streets Without a Driver's License' Just tell them to go to New Mexico. For another legislative year, Senator Sanchez (D-Belen) has killed the attempt to repeal former governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) gift of authorizing drivers licenses to the illegals even though it stands in violation of the Real ID Act. Someone in the administration has been granting exemptions for this violation for a couple of years now. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-21 12:31 |