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The Mercury News reports that the DMV's "website for appointments had 60,000 hits in less than an hour on [July 1]."
The process is configured so that illegal immigrants make an appointment, then show up and get a license "if they can prove they live in Colorado."
The "cost of the license for noncitizens [is] $50.50." That represents the regular license price--$21--plus a $29.50 fee.
According to Vote Smart,
SB 251 passed the Colorado Senate on May 7, 2013, with 100 percent of Democrats voting "yea" and 100 percent of Republicans voting "nay."
In the state House, every Democrat but three voted for it. Every Republican voted against it.
The "cost of the license for noncitizens [is] $50.50." That represents the regular license price--$21--plus a $29.50 fee.
originally posted by: Night Star
a reply to: Sremmos80
The problem is that we have lost so many lives because of illegal drunken drivers, many with previous arrests and deportations. How many of these illegals know English and can read road signs?
If you are illegal, you shouldn't be given the same rights and privileges as a citizen. It is only rewarding bad behavior.
Nationwide, 11 states allow immigrants here illegally to obtain some form of driver’s licenses, and eight of those, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, passed the measures over the past year, according to the National Immigration Law Center, a Los Angeles nonprofit that tracks such legislation. Two New England states, Vermont and Connecticut, are among those that passed the measures.
And we lose lives from American citizens that are drunk with a past record... what's your point outside of an appeal to emotion?
This is documenting them and forcing them to pay a tax, more the double what a citizen will pay.
originally posted by: Night Star
The problem is that we have lost so many lives because of illegal drunken drivers
How many of these illegals know English and can read road signs?
The licenses would be labeled to say they are not valid for federal identification and can't be used to vote, obtain public benefits or board a plane.
...
In Colorado, immigrants pass a driver's license test and prove they're paying state and federal taxes. They also must show an identification card from their country of origin.
The licenses would be labeled to say they are not valid for federal identification and can't be used to vote, obtain public benefits or board a plane.
How many? And how many lives have we lost because of legal citizen drunk drivers? I mean, to make the point, you'd have to compare the two, right?
originally posted by: Sremmos80
originally posted by: Night Star
a reply to: Sremmos80
The problem is that we have lost so many lives because of illegal drunken drivers, many with previous arrests and deportations. How many of these illegals know English and can read road signs?
If you are illegal, you shouldn't be given the same rights and privileges as a citizen. It is only rewarding bad behavior.
And we lose lives from American citizens that are drunk with a past record... what's your point outside of an appeal to emotion?
This is documenting them and forcing them to pay a tax, more the double what a citizen will pay.