... whoops, I mean undocumented foreign nationals. This is a sort of big ongoing issue here in California and LA in particular, given that we're the 2nd biggest latino city in the world. And we have a lot of cars on the road.
While I hate to agree with republicans, I have a hard time understanding the argument in favor of making these licenses available. I don't have a problem with immigrants coming to LA and becoming legal residents. I don't have a problem with them NOT becoming legal residents either -- let's face it, it's like teens having sex, you cannot preach abstinence. It's just part of the mix.
But a driver's license is a privilege granted by the state in exchange for all the taxes you pay for the road maintenance, for the cops to patrol the roads, etc. It's not some inalienable right that the state is recognizing with a plastic card. It's a quid pro quo.
I don't think any illegal resident who needs to drive is sitting around thinking "gee, I wish I had a license so I could get to work". Believe me, they're driving.
And I don't think that driver is in his car thinking "the greatest problem that faces me as an undocumented resident is my lack of legal driving status". We have a problem in the theory and reality of our immigration policy, that's for sure. It seems like the driver's license issue is mostly a feel-good measure that doesn't change any fundamental realities about the undocumented immgrant's life.
Meanwhile one latino activist is calling for a boycott of gas stations on Mondays. That reminds me of that email hoax that used to circulate about boycotting Texaco and driving all the prices down. So people will buy gas on Tuesday instead of Monday. The gas station still sells the same amount of product for the week. Who does this send a message to?
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