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Title: Incoming New Mexico governor vows to revoke licenses issued to illegal aliens
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Immigration Reform Examiner
URL Source: http://www.examiner.com/immigration ... enses-issued-to-illegal-aliens
Published: Nov 16, 2010
Author: Dave Gibson
Post Date: 2010-11-16 09:10:21 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Views: 138
Comments: 5
When New Mexico Governor-elect Susana Martinez takes office in a few weeks, one of her first priorities is to revoke the thousands of drivers’ licenses which have been issued by her state to illegal aliens in recent years. In the wake of Arizona’s passage of SB1070, illegal aliens have been flocking to the states of New Mexico as the state does not currently require proof of citizenship to obtain a license. Under open-borders advocate, Gov. Bill Richardson, New Mexico went even further and passed a law banning DMV clerks from asking an applicant if they are in the country legally. The policy has made New Mexico a favorite with human smugglers and those who make their living from selling fraudulent documents. A recent AP study examined data from the New Mexico DMV and found a surge in licenses issued to immigrants (both legal and illegal). In fact, there was an increase of 60 percent over those from the previous year, during a 10-week period following the passage of Arizona’s new immigration law. The number of licenses issued to citizens during that same period, did not increase. The following results were taken directly from the study: — New Mexico issued 10,257 licenses to immigrants through the first six months of 2010, compared with 13,481 for all of 2009. The pace has intensified since April, when neighboring Arizona passed its immigration law. The figures include both illegal immigrants and legal residents from outside the U.S. — New Mexico issued about 417 licenses a week to immigrants from the day after Arizona passed its law through July 1. That is a big jump from the 323 per week it was issuing from Jan. 1 to the day before the law passed. In a recent CNN interview, Gov. Martinez said: “My focus has been on removing the driver's licenses and revoking those that have already been issued.” She continued: “I don't support amnesty… there has to be some other way of dealing with the issue. It may be we identify individuals but we cannot just have a path to citizenship created when there are people in line already doing the proper things.” Martinez is a former Democrat and district attorney who is a favorite with Tea Party supporters.
Incoming New Mexico governor vows to revoke licenses issued to illegal aliens
New Mexico Gov.-elect Susana Martinez
Photo: CNN
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#2. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
I heard a very interesting story from a relative in Missouri. In the state of Missouri about 2 years ago there was a woman employed on the governor's staff who was an illegal immigrant. The governor really liked this woman and got to know both her and her family. Then at a press conference where she was present he pointed to her in an unplanned moment and said that she was the type of an immigrant that 'we' would like to encourage, not the illegal immigrants. Then an enterprising journalist identified that the woman was an illegal immigrant. Then it became a public issue. Then the woman was arrested and deported. Even though she was one who grew up here and didn't even speak spanish as was in her native El Salvador. The governor pretended not to know her. She is now happy in El Salvador and wishes to never come back to our country.
====================================== The way things are going here, El Salvador may not be all that bad.
#4. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#3)
an awful lot of H1-b visa people came here and decided that America was not for them. Because they saw that employers treated them as slaves. They saw that when they applied for their green cards as was the agreement that they get a green card after 6 years of semi-slavery that the US bureaucracy would not process their request. On average each H1-b person must work 7 years as an indentured servant before getting their green card. but they are told it will be 6 years in the beginning. They see these things and decide that America is not a good place to live. Lots of H1-b people who had planned on staying here after the indentured servant period instead decided to go elsewhere as pastures seemed greener there.
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#3. To: Red Jones (#2)
She is now happy in El Salvador and wishes to never come back to our country.
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