Do you think not allowing illegals to get/renew D.L is effective or not?

Cid

#1.We should give them DL and reduce the risk of accidents for us making them safe drivers.We could use it against them later.We need to identify them all. We are just making life more difficult/dangerous for us. And of course all of them want DLs. Besides that ,we're almost forcing a hit-and-run .We have to stop being so arrogant and think how to deal with the situation. I also don't think they should all be treated the same way.There are hard workers who overstayed their visas and have no option and are just running from violence from their countries.I know a lot of Brazilians with BA/MBAs that have a life here , overstayed their visas and are not eligible for a greencard but are far away from criminals.They are honest and ethic and pay their taxes with ITINs. No welfare,no medicaid,no benefits.

Lori K

It's effective. Anything that makes life just a little bit harder on illegal aliens helps. If life gets difficult enough, they will self deport. We just need to get to that level of discomfort.

(They are going to drive without licenses and insurance anyway. The only reason they want licenses is in order to try to get around the system in other ways.)

peanuthead

Death would be effective. Being sarcastic here. People drive illegally even when they are citizens....but you can find them, sue them and get some justice. If they're illegal there's not much you can do. Driving is a privilege....not a RIGHT...and without that little card people can be more fairly punished. All I know is rewarding criminal behavior is wrong. That's like giving robbers a pass key for every home....they're gonna do it anyway so save yourself the grief of buying a new door or window and give them easy access.

Bassman58

Karen

DUH! I'm an illegal .. and I came for a license. If you can't see what is wrong with this scenario ... I just can't help you.

Numbers Quest

Effective if for no other reason than to deny services to those who should not be here in the first place, enter the country legally and you will be eligible for all that your legal entry entitles you, including a drivers license.

************To the post above, many of those states who initially issued driver's licenses to illegals are now rethinking and looking at legislation to reverse their decision for many reasons including crime and continued lack of insurance. Also, who cares where our ancestors came from as long as they came legally, mine did...

M B

I doubt it stops many but a drivers license will get you many things in the United States, it is our most important form of identification and illegals should not be issued one.

Those who think that the majority of illegals are going to rush out and get insurance are funny people. Illegals do not obey legal entry into this country, and immediately engage in some form of identity fraud or theft in order to work and yet you somehow think they are suddenly going to get a conscious and make sure they obey the laws of the road, I don't think so.

Thomasina Paine

How about deporting them all and then it wouldn't matter.

pal_013168

I just dont think an illegal would bother to get a drivers licence anyway,why would they ? They can steel someones ID or buy feak documents and not have to be accounted for.

gcbs12

I do not believe that any illegal should be able to get a drivers license. The problem is they'll just drive anyway. And when they smash into someone who is legal, the one who got here the right way gets screwed over.

I would also like to add that I live in Texas and I firmly believe that we should have a fence along the border. I have nothing against Mexicans or who ever else comes here as long as they do it the right way. It they want to be here so bad then they should go through the border gate. Cubans are a little different because they are ruled by a dictator and should be treated as refugees. As long as they aspire to get a green card.

Shane

Obviously #2. It is against federal law to aid and abet an illegal alien, and that is exactly what giving a driver's licenses to an illegal alien does. The way to deal with illegal aliens is to promote a policy of attrition through enforcement. That means no social benefits, no jobs, no drivers' licenses, and no birhtright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens.

Razor Jim

No license. We don't license bank robbers so why other criminals?

Joel W

2. But you missed the most important point there is here. You can go anywhere in this country without credit... you must have a birth certificate to go anywhere in this country. The Drivers Licenses offer mobility that is critical for a number of reasons.

Drivers licenses are required to collect welfare. What you collect depends on the documents you show, and if you are an illegal alien and show only the drivers license, you can line up for excellent benefits. PARTICULARLY if you stole a good and social security number. (Dead.. to young to check..??)

Illegal aliens, and the Mexican Mafia tell us the drivers license is the key to opening the country up for an illegal alien. I have no doubt we don't know the whole story on that statement, but as the states examine what is happening, they seem to agree.

GoYankees&Giants!

Effective! Illegals don't get insurance anyways. I don't know how you can tell an illegal that they aren't supposed to be here but give them a license to drive. They can get an international license.

NSA

Whatever makes their life harder is a good thing!

If the police pull someone over, and that person has no license, Shazam! trip to jail!

Never, ever reward criminal behavior!!!

***********

now listen to this while you are here fighting weather or not to give them the license a very good percentage of them have them many states like Texas have been giving them licenses for ever even Arizona did this for a while but then stopped in like 1996 i think. so a good percentage of illegals in Arizona have a license and everyone that wants to can get it in Texas and new Mexico. also i think they want to pass the new law in new york to give illegals licenses. its not up to us to decide this is more of a state issue not a hey everyone what do you think? it is just the fact that some things get media attention and others just don't !

for those who are mad get over it and start studying where your families imigrated from?

Isabelle06

Not effective. I worked for an insurance company and people who can't get licenses are hard to track. That cost insured drivers (and insurance companies) lots of money.
Like someone said the fact that they one of them can't drive won't diminish the number of illegals. They'll ride with people who can actually get a license and be a potential hazard for other drivers.

Miss Right all the time!

it does nothing. i think all these so called "crackdowns" are just lipservice and a show. just as Homeland Security is a show. wake up and smell the coffee..how many ppl know who to call if they get wind of a possible terrorist attack? lack of a license does not stop someone from driving it only violates the law which they are doing anyhow. unless they have an international license which is valid in the US as well as any other country. besides trying to work through immigration is useless as they are only out for money.

italienne

#1.

I was in an accident where the other driver was illegal and taken away by the cops. I still had a broken car and my insurance had to pay for some illegal.

a g

would you rather get in an accident with a illegal who can lie about his.her name or one with an id or license where at least you know who they are. alot of places are now taking the irs itin number as an ssn. to register for insurance on thier vehicles. just so you know, they will still drive thier cars with or without a dl. so might as well make it possible to find them.

gomanyes562

No, it's not effective. If they are willing to enter the country illegally, I don't think they could care less about driving illegally. If you seriously think that illegal immigrants are going to leave the country and go back home because they can't get a driver's license, you're living in fantasyland.

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