Reply #113: Anohter Wedge Issue...

[KharmaTrain]

First...these people are "undocumented"...not "illegal aliens". They are human beings who aren't here for the food, weather or cause Americans are such nice people. They provide labor that many in this country take for granted, they end up paying retail and other taxes through their work and have benefited many of those who want to "round 'em up". Little, if anything, is ever said about those who really benefit (and exploit) these people...the companies that hire these people over American (spelt UNION) labor or use them to avoid paying benefits and taxes (now whose the real tax cheats here???) and dumping these people on the local social systems to provide medical and other services.

That said...a drivers license isn't citizenship. Never has been...never will be. While it can be used as identification, the license alone isn't a birth certificate or SSN card or other form of documentation that employers are required to see before they hire someone. However, it is a matter of public safety that those who get behind the wheel of car, no matter who, both are competent to operate a vehicle and are properly covered/identified. So its safer to have "illegals" driving unknown or unseen on our streets than it is to at least know who they are and have a way to have these people be held both responsible and accountable when they get behind a wheel?

A drivers license isn't what these people come across the border for...it's the money. Want to cut down on this "problem" then go after those who hire the undocumented workers and fine them $10,000 per worker per day...then require American corporations that operate in Mexico to offer benefits and a living wage to their employees...making it worth their while to stay in Mexico rather than to come here.