Illegal Aliens Call Drivers Licenses Unfair

From inland Southern California’s Press-Enterprise:

Sofia Moreno, with United Democrats, holds sign warning drivers of a Perris police checkpoint ahead.
Immigrant advocates say crackdown on unlicensed drivers unfair

By JULISSA McKINNON
May 15, 2010
Adrianna Castellon, 16, stood on the sidewalk of a busy Moreno Valley street on a recent school night, yelling at cars rushing past.
"Checkpoint! Checkpoint ahead!" she screamed. "Turn back while you can!"
The high school student was among protesters hoping to help illegal immigrants whose vehicles were about to be impounded by police because they were driving without a license. California law got tougher in 1993, requiring a social security card and other identification to get a license and barring most illegal immigrants from applying.

Isn’t that outrageous! Imagine having to have identification before being allowed to get a license which allows you to drive a lethal weapon. This is just like Nazi Germany.

Now the stricter license requirements and a rising number of checkpoints across the Inland area and state are stirring controversy that has reached a fever pitch in some cities with a large Latino population.
Critics say most Inland checkpoints economically punish illegal immigrants whose cars often are impounded for 30 days 52; the maximum time allowed 52; and can ill afford the approximately $2,000 to retrieve the vehicle. Protesters point out that drunken drivers usually lose their car for only one day. They say racial profiling is at play where checkpoints are placed.
Inland authorities said softer penalties, such as citations, for unlicensed drivers don57;t work because many illegal immigrants lack identification and can57;t be found if they skip court. Police say impounding cars is needed to deal with drivers without licenses, who account for about 40 percent of the nation57;s hit-and-run crashes based on statistics of hit-and-run drivers who were caught. And police say that traffic volume, not a neighborhood57;s racial composition, determines checkpoint locations.

The article doesn’t bother to mention that these illegal aliens also do not bother to have auto insurance, which is required in California.

Under community pressure, a few cities have dropped month-long car confiscation for a first-time unlicensed driving offense and instead hand out citations or do a one-day tow…

So that these wonderful people can continue to drive on the streets without insurance and ruin law-abiding people’s lives. Such as:

Lee Chauser, pulled aside recently at a Perris checkpoint, said an unlicensed driver once hit him.
"He almost killed me 70; He rear-ended me going 35 mph," the 64-year-old Hemet man said. "The government needs to find a way for the (illegal immigrants) to get trained and drive legally." …

Again, still no mention of the lack of insurance. If we can be required by law to have health insurance which (in a sane world) would affect no one but ourselves, why can’t illegal aliens be required to have car insurance?

Activists and illegal immigrants such as Elder Cabrera, a 40-year-old Corona resident, say month-long impounds are too harsh…

The cars should be impounded until the owner can produce a valid drivers license and proof of insurance. And until he has paid his fine for driving without these legal requirements…

Why should they ever get their cars back otherwise?

Later this year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California57;s 30-day impound law.

Surely this is a lawsuit brought by the ACLU. Who, after all, support the right of illegal aliens to drive without a license or insurance over the rights of American citizens to use the roads that we pay for with our taxes without fear of having our lives destroyed by foreigners.

Lest we forget, the ACLU is a taxpayer subsidized 501c3 “charity.”

A few cities around the state have eased towing policies for unlicensed drivers. These include Cathedral City in the Riverside County, San Francisco and the Los Angeles County cities of Huntington Park and Bell Gardens.
Cathedral City police Lt. Chuck Robinson said his department stopped 30-day impounds partly because of community outcry. Another motivation was a federal court ruling in Oregon that found impounding the cars of the unlicensed for 30 days violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable search and seizure."

What is "unreasonable" about it? And since when does the Fourth Amendment protect foreigners?

Cathedral City police now issue citations to unlicensed drivers and allow them 15 to 20 minutes to turn the vehicle over to a licensed driver, a practice allowed by state laws. Repeat offenders could face a one-day tow or 30-day impound, Robinson said.

How wonderful. And when your wife and children are killed by an unlicensed and uninsured illegal alien, where do you go to complain? Where is your “community outcry”?

Other Inland authorities, such as San Bernardino Police Chief Keith Kilmer, say they know immigrant advocates want an end to month-long impounds for the unlicensed but the tough penalty is important.
"What we57;ve found is a large number of our hit-and-runs end up involving unlicensed drivers," Kilmer said.

Nitpicker. Besides, why run when there is no way to exact any kind of legal reparations from you?

Checkpoint opponents say 30-day impounds cause illegal immigrants to lose jobs. Some have moved to cheaper dwellings to afford $1,500-plus in tow company fees and $150-plus in police fees to retrieve vehicles.

Oh, the heartbreak. Never mind that in their own countries they would be thrown in prison for being in the country illegally.

In cities with large immigrant populations such as Perris, Moreno Valley and San Bernardino, organizers monitor law enforcement websites daily for announcements of checkpoints. At the start time, they rove the city until they find it. Then they alert hundreds to the location via text message70;.

It is illegal to warn oncoming drivers about radar guns. Surely this is illegal as well. But, then again, so is living in this country without a visa or ‘green card.’

John Edwards was right. There are two Americas. One for those who play by the rules and pay their taxes.

And one for everyone else.

I'm a natural born American that rescinded my so-called "Driver License" because I didn't feel it necessary to beg the STATE for permission to visit a sick relative or go to work.

That being said, my feeling about all of the bullshit spewed by the government spin doctors about the need for hyper-identification or we're going to be over run by Mexican Gang Bangers is meant to incarcerate Americans in a techno- electro-prison, not reduce illegals invading.

The hidden powers want the Mexicans to invade otherwise they'd secure the fucking border. Generally, the simplest reform is the correct one.

The FEDS have only a couple of real obligations under the CON-STI-STUPID, one being to protect the fucking border. The hidden powers win their goal of martial law or implementation of police state procedures either way the situation rolls out - if the Mexicans are allowed to completely invade unimpeded we will have to accept the police state necessary to deal with it or if Americans take the law into their own hands and a war breaks out on the border ... again we get more police/military activity !

"Rebellion is natural when governments become "revolting". YOU only count when it's census or TAX time" ... bend over and lick the hand that beats you !

About DLs. I've met people who were excellent drivers at 15 years old, and others who shouldn't be allowed on the road, ever. It's the latter group, those who have demonstrated a total lack of concern for the safety of others, who I have no problem grounding by any means necessary. The absurdity of this article - an illegal alien denouncing a test to gage minimum driving competence - is an insult & potential danger to American citizens.

Jethro, I agree with the above statement, absolutely. Immediate abatement is the real answer. Negligent or dangerous people should be taken to jail or before the magistrate if they present a threat to the public ...

We are being outsmarted by the FED TRAITORS and their elitist-globalist masters. They're using the illegals to institute an ever growing and militarized police state.

"Rebellion is natural when governments become "revolting". YOU only count when it's census or TAX time" ... bend over and lick the hand that beats you !

Lets look at the bright side. We are witnessing a complete breakdown of society. It's people v people, citizens v illegals, and now states v Washington. I saw the Gov from AZ interviewed yesterday, after having embarrassed Obama into a meeting over 1070, and the good old gal didn't back down one bit. She came away from that meeting getting nothing from Obama, but more important, not backing down one bit. She is retaining the law intact. Lets let AZ be ground zero for the illegal immigration fight and hope and pray the discontent spreads to other border states. As illegals tip whites into minority status in some border states, the scheme will become clearer to those who still have the capacity to reason.

You know, things like not paying taxes and not bowing to government licensing requirements don't bother me in the least. In fact, I kind of encourage that type of behavior.

AS LONG AS they do not use the "social safety net", and are working, then I'm good.

I doubt that this situation occurs frequently with "undocumented democrats" though.

"The more artificial taboos and restrictions there are in the world, the more the people are impoverished.... The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be." - Lao Tzu, 6th century BC

I suppose we all have to pick out private battles and ultimately decide how best to fight the system. If one has the intestinal fortitude to battle both the IRS and the local police, once it becomes known they refuse to drive with a DL, more power to them. I think that strategy would work best for people with lots of free time on their hands and little to no tangible assets.

Given the nightmare we're living in right now, chances are that things like licensing and taxes are going to not mean a lot for much longer (short term anyway).

"Rebellion is natural when governments become "revolting". YOU only count when it's census or TAX time" ... bend over and lick the hand that beats you !