Driver's licenses for illegals just latest sign of a ...
Has our world turned upside down? Have our elected representatives abandoned us? Is there no outrage left?
One wonders.
The Legislature will shortly approve extending to illegal immigrants, many of whom can't speak or read English, the privilege of holding Georgia driver's licenses.
You can take the above prediction to the bank. California recently approved driver's license privileges for that state's million-plus illegal residents....
Hardly any ranking Georgia official raised a voice against the idea. Or if he or she did, it was articulated so softly as to be inaudible.
In fact, state Rep. Curt Thompson (D-Norcross) said he thought it was high time that illegal immigrants received legal driving privileges....
Hey, pal, driving would be safer, insurance rates lower and our nation more secure if our government enforced immigration laws. The Twin Towers in New York would still be standing, 3,000 people in this country and 1,000 GIs in Iraq might still be alive and our airline and tourism industries might still thrive, if our government had enforced immigration laws....
Lobbyists on the national and state levels are working behind the scenes to make certain that illegals get the documents they need most to continue working here....
Government sources estimate that 228,000 illegal immigrants reside in Georgia. The true number may be as high as 1 million. No one knows for sure.
However, tax-paying citizens throughout the state know this for sure: Non-English speakers have swamped several school systems, reducing the quality of education measurably. Uninsured and illegal Mexican immigrants routinely overcrowd emergency clinics, seeking treatment for every imaginable ailment, minor and great. Local law enforcement in a dozen jurisdictions is stretched to the breaking point....
Make no mistake. The driver's license issue is not just about safe motoring and better insurance coverage. A legal driver's license, more than any other document, is an unquestioned key to American society and to services of all kinds....
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