How do you feel about Measure Would Allow Illegals to Get Texas Drivers Licenses?
Would require DPS to accept 'Matricula Consular' cards as legal i.d.
By Jim Forsyth
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
A measure filed today in the Texas Legislature would allow illegal immigrants to get Texas drivers licenses, 1200 WOAI news has learned.
State Representative Armando Martinez, who represents the city of Weslaco, on the Rio Grande, says his measure would require that the Texas Department of Public Safety, which issues drivers licenses, accept the 'Matricula Consular' card as legal identification in issuing a license.
The 'Matricula Consular' is a card issued by the Mexican government to its citizens who are in the United States, regardless of whether they are in this country legally or illegally. Martinez's bill stresses that the identification card issued by a foreign government 'must include the applicant's photograph, full name, and date of birth' and the 'other country must have a reasonable mechanism by which the department can verify the identify document.'
Martinez tells 1200 WOAI news illegals are already driving in Texas anyway, and this law would require that they have driving skills and follow the rules of the road.
"If an illegal gets pulled over and gets a ticket, then what do we do with that," Martinez said. "How can we enforce the law and how can we get them to pay for that ticket? How can we go and find that person."
Phony Texas drivers licenses are easily purchased at flea markets and other locations, generally for about $30.
"My bill would make sure that they are driving the way the law is stated here in Texas," Martinez said.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last year vetoed a bill that would have allowed that state to issue drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. Two measures introduced in Congress would bar states from issuing drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
Martinez says his bill would require that any drivers license that is issued to a person who uses a foreign identification card be printed sideways, like licenses issued to Texans under 21 current are. He says that would make security officials who rely on the drivers license for access to secure locations demand a second form of identification.
"A person that would have that type of drivers license would have to have a passport, a second form of identification, something of that nature," he said.
Answer:
My wife was sideswiped by an illegal driving an dump truck with fake I.D. and fake insurance. Guess who paid for the damage to our car??
We did!! Luckily she wasn't injured, we would have been stuck with the bill there too!!
This "measure" also mentions nothing about insurance!!
Illegals should be deported, not given benefits afforded legal citizens and immigrants!!
I would say Matinez is an idiot.
Martinez tells 1200 WOAI news illegals are already driving in Texas anyway, and this law would require that they have driving skills and follow the rules of the road.
Hello!!! they are already breaking the law by being here. They are breaking the law by driving without a license and this idiot thinks that by giving them a drivers license they are all of a sudden going to start obeying the law???
If an illegal gets pulled over and gets a ticket, then what do we do with that," Martinez said. "How can we enforce the law and how can we get them to pay for that ticket? How can we go and find that person."
Geez is this guy dumb. Illegals are here illegally, they don't want to be found nor do they want to pay for your stupid ticket.
How about this Martinez. When you find an illegal driving without a license you impound the car and deport them...no license required
I agree with RG: "How about this Martinez. When you find an illegal driving without a license you impound the car and deport them...no license required."
No drivers licenses should NOT be issued to illegal immigrants! Issue them only to legal citizens, legal immigrants and people here on work visas. No one else!
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