Why don't you just become a citizen already....come on over the dark side *evil laugh*
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > works for short trips, less so for longer stays. Some people are here > for years quite legally, you know. I was here for about five years > before I applied for a green card. > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Once again, I do not think you should be allowed to get a driver's > > license in the US if you are not a citizen or legal resident. If your > > Canadian license expires while you are here, tough shit - go back to > > Canada and get a new one. It is your responsibility to make sure your > > driver's license is up to date. My license was due to expire when I > > was in Scotland, so I made sure to renew it before we left. I know, > > its that whole common sense thing getting in the way again. > > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> forgot to address this. Suppose you were there for several months and > >> your license expired while you were there? I think my dad went through > >> something of the kind while we were in France, though I don't remember > >> if he resolved it by getting a French license. I am also sure that > >> this arose while we were in Washington, as he'd been gone from Canada > >> for years by then, but again, I don't know what he did. I do know that > >> my sister and I got Maryland driver's licenses. > >> > >>> I went to Scotland 2 years ago and drove all over the place. But I did > >>> so under my WV drivers license. I doubt I could gave gotten a Scottish > >>> license while I was there. > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 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? 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