DRIVERS LICENSES AND ILLEGALS IN TEXAS
By Bryan Preston
April 29, 2005 10:00 AM
Texans for Texas reports on two bills--that would move Texas' illegal immigration policy in opposite directions--that are currently working their way through the state legislature. One has the support of the usual suspects, while the other is all but dead:
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The argument over who and what is needed for a Texas driver's license is avoiding the media spotlight. HB 1561 by Rep. Norma Chavez (D-El Paso) would allow a foreign national to obtain a Texas driver's license with an official document from a foreign government. On April 13th the UT-LULAC, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Consulate General of Mexico, LULAC, United Farm Workers, La Union del Pueblo Entero, ACLU, NAACP, Texas AFL-CIO, and the Texas Council on Family Violence all testified in favor of the bill. No one testified against it. HB 1561 has now been voted out of the House Borders and International Affairs Committee. The Calendars Committee will now determine when it will be debated on the House floor.
Going the opposite direction is HB 327 by Rep. Tony Goolsby (R-Dallas) This bill is supported by several immigration reform groups. It states: The department may not accept, recognize, or rely on an identity document issued to an applicant by a consular office or consular official of another country, including a matricula consular issued by a consular office of the United Mexican States located in this country, as primary, secondary, or supporting proof of the applicant's identity.
This bill has all but died in the House Law Enforcement Committee. (emphasis added)
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Why is the NAACP testifying in favor of a bill that helps illegal aliens? And for that matter, what is the AFL-CIO doing supporting it? Is there some intent to unionize illegals?
(thanks to MR)
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