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Illegal Aliens Get Driver’s Licenses, Still Complain

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This one surely belongs in the “Awwwwwwwwwwww” department. We learn that “North Carolina To Issue Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses… Illegals Complain It Has A Pink Stripe On It…”

It seems that in January 2013, North Carolina was going to deny young illegal aliens who have received two-year deferrals from deportation a driver’s license. That position caused quite a row among illegal aliens. Cinthia Marroquin, an illegal alien, said, “It’s horrible. Do I even get a job? Am I going to make it? What am I going to do? You can’t really get a job, basically.”

The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had said that it would grant driver’s licenses to those who received deferred action, but the DMV, in January, sought a legal opinion from state Attorney General Roy Cooper on how the program conforms with state law.

Now we fast-forward to the present. The NC DMV is set to issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens on March 25, but not without some complaints. A bright pink stripe and the words “No Lawful Status” has caused a controversy. Cinthia Marroquin (the same person quoted above) says that she is now worried about presenting a license declaring she has “NO LAWFUL STATUS” at a police roadblock or while writing a check at the grocery store. “A lot of us are just scared. We just want to be able to get a job and drive to work. Having that license is just going to show everybody you’re here illegally, just buying a beer or writing a check. You don’t know how people might react.”

The NC American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has weighed in on the subject – surprise, surprise. ACLU attorney Ron Pinto said, “There is simply no reason for officials to stigmatize people who are in the U.S. legally with an unnecessary marker that could lead to harassment, confusion, and racial profiling.” Concerning legality of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) aliens, NC state law says that a driver’s license will be issued to anyone who holds valid federal documentation of their “legal presence” in the United States. So, according to NC AG Roy Cooper, a Democrat, DACA aliens are here legally, that under federal law, DACA participants have a “legal presence,” even if they do not have “lawful status,” and that state law requires that DACA participants be granted licenses. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration of agreed, announcing last week the DMV would begin issuing the licenses.

The Department of Homeland Security has said it is up to each state to determine what to do. Rockingham [NC] County Sheriff Sam Page said, “If he [illegal alien] has an identification, there’s a better chance he’s going to get a citation or a warning and sent on his way versus ending up at the magistrate’s office and ending up in the local jail. This will save both the DACA immigrants and law enforcement officers time and money.”

Well, illegal aliens in NC will get driver’s licenses. But are they satisfied? To quote John Belushi on SNL, “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.” The fact that illegal aliens are getting a driver’s license is absurd enough. But to complain about it because it properly identifies their legal status is simply beyond comprehension. I guess that, for the estimated 1.8 million illegal aliens, leaving the US is simply not an option.

But that’s just my opinion.
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19 Comments

  1. Warren, I think I’d but this in the Bravo Sierra department..there is no rhyme or reason that expplain …how it is someone is where it is “ILLEGAL” to be doing something “LEGAL”. But then HLS doesn’t make much sense or add to our security. Guess that Hillary’s “who cares?” attitude has become epidemic Nation wide, wiping out backbone & committment to our Constitutional Law as it goes. Currently, with or without a driver’s licence, ILLEGAL, CRIMMINAL TRESPASSERS commit an estimated 80-100 VIOLENT crimes against legas American citizens according to FAIR-ALPAC & Pew Hispanic Assoc…Next, they’ll be able to vote..opps, they already do..forced to live in the shadows? NOT

  2. I have a solution. Go home. Back to where you came from, quit sucking our country dry, trashing our country to make it look like the crap hole you left. My neighborhood has been trashed by all the trash the illegals dump all over, from broken beer bottles in the street to couches alongside of the road.

    1. I have a solution. Fire all the stupid people that came up with the stupid idea. How many other countries in this world would even consider giving a drivers license to anyone that is in their country illegally. If we would try to get a license we would be put in jail or deported immediately especially if we in Mexico.

  3. Having a license to drive although one is illegally here is quite a bit of largesse, so we won’t shed a tear, for folks old or young who tend to complain that the pink stripe on their license is an anatomical pain.

  4. Go back to your ‘hacienda’ on the other side of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo; You dun nid no stinkin’ license over there!
    Adios, and Vaya con Dios!

  5. This prez and his minnons will not stop until America is totally trashed, economically and otherwise. Today they released over 200 prisoners convicted of crimes other then crossing the border illegally. We in Arizona were given no notice, no say on deciding which prisoners would be let loose, our governor was as surprised as everyone else. Napolitano claims she don’t know why this happened or who gave the order! These illegal aliens have no respect for the laws of this country, otherwise they would not be here. They don’t want to be identified as illegal because the driver’s license is used as a voter registration document and they want to vote illegally! Go home and enter legally and you can have a license just like everyone else’s provided you become a citizen. I ask that everyone pray for the citizens of AZ, Holder has already stated that if the area code is from AZ, his office will not be answering the phone or any calls for help!

  6. Cinthia Marroquin – Looks like other people beat me to it but the easy answer is, go back where you came from. We have enough unemployed here . Sorry you did get a job after illegally entering the country but that’s the way it goes.

    according to NC AG Roy Cooper, a Democrat, DACA aliens are here legally, that under federal law, DACA participants have a “legal presence,” even if they do not have “lawful status,” ….

    Say what, how can that be? I guess you need to be an attorney to come up with that.

  7. I feel so sorry for them. The real victoms are the legal citizens of NC. Here in Florida, half of the drivers don’t have insurance and I suspect that most of the illegals are in that 50%. All that does is drive up the insurance rates for the rest of us. My insurance is twice as high here in FL as it was in South Carolina.

    1. You are in this country illegally you don’t like it leave. we are tired of your complains demands and charades. You’ve broken the law.

  8. Well golly maybe they would Make out better if they went back to where they came from self deportation I believe it’s called. Bye now

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  10. What part of “ILLEGAL” do these people not understand? You follow the rules and come here thru the proper channels, your eligible for work, driving privileges, medical care etc. if not you are breaking the laws and are subject to deportation!

  11. ok you wanna complain…got it…. why not put “here legally” on the license of those people that live in the USA legally….i’ll bet they wont complain. now the illegals don’t have the right nor the legal status, to complain.. SHUT THE HELL UP AND MOVE!!!!

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