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On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:36 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > pffft..........lazy foreigner :) > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> costs about a thousand dollars and I already have had to emigrate to >> Silicon Valley to get work ;) but I've had the paperwork ready for >> quite a while now. Several years. >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > 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? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
