You said it was a privilege that is or should be (I forget and am not going to look it up) restricted to citizens and legal residents. What about my dad when he moved here? He was here for three years as a foreign correspondent for a chain of Canadian papers. The visa is a non-resident visa. What about all the Canadians who live in Florida six months a year?
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I never said tourists would not be allowed to drive, they should, as > long as they have a valid driver's license in their own country. > Tourist != illegal immigrant well, I think it's more something along the lines of this: If you are desperate enough to cross illegally, you probably don't own a car. > However, tourists should not be allowed to get a driver's license in > the United States if they are not citizens or legal residents. But, > somehow I doubt an illegal immigrant would want to use the driver's > license from their country of origin. > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> whatever. It's a privilege sure but I don't think it has anything to >> do with immigration status. Are you saying that Canadian tourists >> should not drive? The Florida economy might take a hit then, and all >> the states between there and Quebec ;p >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> In America, driving is a privilege afforded to the citizens and legal >>> residents of each state. If you are here illegally, you are not a >>> citizen or legal resident of a state, therefore, you should not be >>> allowed to get a driver's license. >>> >>> What's next? Should illegals be allowed to get social security >>> numbers? Be allowed to vote? Run for public office? >>> >>> What you call prejudice, I call common sense. >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> well, they did get insurance, actually, before REAL-ID forced New >>>> Mexico to verify citizenship before issuing a driver's license. Your >>>> prejudices are showing. A driver's license doesn't legalize anyone's >>>> immigration status. It's just a license to drive. It does however >>>> allow people to get insurance. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Well, you can't have it both ways. New Mexico stopped requiring proof >>>>>> of citizenship for driver's licenses so people could get insurance, >>>>>> and got their hands smacked for it, If you want people to have >>>>>> insurance, they have to be able to get a driver's license. >>>>> >>>>> So, your solution to the problem is to a legalize the illegal activity? >>>>> >>>>> How about making it more difficult for illegals to get driver's >>>>> licenses? I somehow doubt there are a huge number of illegal >>>>> immigrants lining up to get auto insurance. They are already breaking >>>>> the law by being here, does anyone really think they will start caring >>>>> about the law when it comes to auto insurance? >>>>> >>>>> I do not think illegal immigrants should be allowed to get driver's >>>>> licenses. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Scott Stroz >>>>> --------------- >>>>> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >>>>> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >>>>> >>>>> http://xkcd.com/386/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
