Governor Eliot Spitzer's obnoxious new policy is receiving a well-deserved bi-partisan backlash. Whooda Thunk?!
It's not a stupid discussion, either. Our system of laws on immigration needs full enforcement and all laws and regulations that establish identity need enhancement,such as the increasingly popular "E-Verify" program. From small towns to large cities, to counties to states, to the federal level, we cannot afford to have such a disconnect with our federal rules. (And didn't REAL ID demand such uniformity? Will NY residents be able to get into all federal buildings with their newly-cheapened licenses...?)
After all, if you're using someone else's social security number just how sypathetic should we be to you as so-called "immigrant"? Enough with the sob stories about folks who are basically ID thieves. Ask someone who was cut in the immigration line how badly they feel for these people...
Ultimately, it's the opportunism of those who break the rules to come here (or Americans who employ illegals) who then say that "the system is broken" - you bet it is - because of those who brazen disrespect for our rule of law, like the Governor.
The people who actually don't sincerely believe in border enforcement and immigration policy betray their loyalty to ethnic illegal alien interests by championing such brazen policies.
I'm a long-time traditional Democrat who is sorry to see the first New York Democratic governor in years tar his once-promising career on such a sour, dangerous note.
None of this is "fear," either, but reality in 2007. Bravo to Lou Dobbs to putting this issue front and center.
Governor Eliot Spitzer's obnoxious new policy is receiving a well-deserved bi-partisan backlash. Whooda Thunk?!
It's not a stupid discussion, either. Our system of laws on immigration needs full enforcement and all laws and regulations that establish identity need enhancement,such as the increasingly popular "E-Verify" program. From small towns to large cities, to counties to states, to the federal level, we cannot afford to have such a disconnect with our federal rules. (And didn't REAL ID demand such uniformity? Will NY residents be able to get into all federal buildings with their newly-cheapened licenses...?)
After all, if you're using someone else's social security number just how sypathetic should we be to you as so-called "immigrant"? Enough with the sob stories about folks who are basically ID thieves. Ask someone who was cut in the immigration line how badly they feel for these people...
Ultimately, it's the opportunism of those who break the rules to come here (or Americans who employ illegals) who then say that "the system is broken" - you bet it is - because of those who brazen disrespect for our rule of law, like the Governor.
The people who actually don't sincerely believe in border enforcement and immigration policy betray their loyalty to ethnic illegal alien interests by championing such brazen policies.
I'm a long-time traditional Democrat who is sorry to see the first New York Democratic governor in years tar his once-promising career on such a sour, dangerous note.
None of this is "fear," either, but reality in 2007. Bravo to Lou Dobbs to putting this issue front and center.