tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post1668450104351447178..comments2024-01-11T07:40:01.736-05:00Comments on The Stopped Clock: Issuing Driver's Licenses to 'Illegal Immigrants'Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-28483106351442446392007-11-08T01:26:00.000-05:002007-11-08T01:26:00.000-05:00County clerks in two western Michigan counties are...County clerks in two western Michigan counties are currently refusing to issue marriage licenses to illegal immigrants.<BR/><BR/>The mechanism is that state and federal law now require collecting social security numbers from applicants for marriage licenses. An applicant who doesn't have a number is asked why they don't have one. A surprising proportion say, "Because I'm here illegally," or words to that effect.<BR/><BR/>Two counties now say that's not an acceptable reason for not having an SSN, and refuse to issue a marriage license.<BR/><BR/>This policy is under challenge by, among others, the Catholic Church.kestenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10266247714210657742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-24746949852146724722007-11-01T06:35:00.000-04:002007-11-01T06:35:00.000-04:00The possession of a drivers license may not carry ...The possession of a drivers license may not carry with it any "inherent" right other than the right to operate a motor vehicle . . . but the driver's license is how most places (despite the existence of state ID cards) establish identity and residency. Try exercising most any of the other rights without a way to establish your ID and residency . . .<BR/><BR/>cwdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-45492084393993688722007-10-30T19:33:00.000-04:002007-10-30T19:33:00.000-04:00I think it's basically the knee-jerk "THEY'RE ILLE...I think it's basically the knee-jerk "THEY'RE ILLEGAL" prattle we got from commenter #1.<BR/><BR/>How is it "hypocritical" to license drivers, regardless of their immigration status?<BR/><BR/>What "rights and privileges" do "illegal aliens" get from having a driver's license, which they don't already have?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-42087887573359950642007-10-30T15:58:00.000-04:002007-10-30T15:58:00.000-04:00I would assume the objections fall into two main c...I would assume the objections fall into two main categories:<BR/><BR/>1) If this country had a national ID card and all that a driver's license was used for was demonstrating familiarity with traffic laws, I might agree with you. But, in this country a driver's license serves as the de facto national ID card and many of the rights and privileges of citizenship are tied to having one.<BR/><BR/>2) There is something inherently hypocritical about issuing a state's legal blessing on someone who is in the country in violation of Federal law.<BR/><BR/>CWDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-2567830036475410012007-10-30T08:13:00.000-04:002007-10-30T08:13:00.000-04:00That's wonderful. They have a drivers license AND ...That's wonderful. They have a drivers license AND know the law.<BR/><BR/>THEY'RE ILLEGAL !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com