Spitzer is bad here but at least you expect it from him. It's the "conservatives" who want amnesty (como se dice el presidente Jorge W. Bush) and making "sanctuary cities" like Rudy that we have to watch out for. Look, with a few exceptions (Tancredo on the obnoxious side, Hunter on the less obnoxious side), there ain't a dimes worth of difference between the two sides on this one. And there is a huge gap between the elites and Main Street on this one.

Yes there is a huge difference between the two sides on this one. At least the GOP is divided on the issue witnessed by last years House Bill which made it a felony to be in the USA illegally. Senate defeated that bill. Dems are not divided on the issue. They love illegals.

Surely having street legal foreign drivers is a good thing. Using the drivers licence for the airport needs to be changed IMO, unless you include photo and fingerprint ID.

Surely they'll obey the law and get driver's licenses. After all, the illegals already obeyed immigration law, right? Yeah. Right. We might as well expect violent criminals to obey gun control laws, too.

(And I say this as someone who's more open on immigration. We need to allow more people in who actually want to work, and kill the welfare state that lures the mojados.)

Safe driving is just a cover. If Pablo flunks his test, who thinks he'll stop driving his truck? The real reason they want driver's licenses is for state-certified identification, and as Karol said, it's a step to illegal voting.

NY is not wide open for another massive terrorist attack compliments of their own governor. It will come, will the people of NY hold him accountable with a rope, tree, some assembly required? I'm glad I'm not related to him. Not a common name and everyone with it will be a target.

Dear Governor Spitzer,

I am questioning your rationalization of your idea of legalizing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens? The NEWS only dwells on the idea, not the reasons for this. I would really like to know your rationale.
This seems to be a slap in the face for those of us that follow the law.
Over the years, whenever someone had a bad problem, I would tell him or her to write, to then Attorney General Spitzer, and he will straighten it out. I have always trusted in you, to do the right thing.
I don’t see how a law could be made to justify this. I suppose a law could be made to cover anything, but wouldn’t this be amoral and just plain wrong?

Sincerely,
Janice McDowell

Janice, there are millions of american citizens that have been denied valid ID on the basis of contradictory regulations of the patriot act.These catch 22 regulations are denying life-long citizens their civil rights by arguing that everyone who does not already have ID,cannot ever have one.Furthermore it is imperative to national security that as many people as possible are documented so that we know who they are and why they're here.This is the first step in acheiving that end.I would hope that you won't support the nazism inherent in the patriot act to dismiss wholesale the rights of as many as 20 million people,who by ssa assertions are primarily US citizens that have been discriminated against.Having everyone getting ID gives the state a resource from which it can be determined whether or not someone is a legal resident,citizen,or illegal foreign national.I hope that answers your question.After six years of this putting me at the risk of incarceration,I'd like to have my citizenship back!

I wonder how many of you bloggers are Native Indians or descendants of same. Oh how we tend to forget that our ancestors are all immigrants (whether legally or illegally) of one sort or another!! Moreover wouldn't you be happier knowing that the person who totalled your car is legally documented?

Mad? Go to wgy.com. Under "on air" click on Al Roney. On the right hand side he has info on this--and a link to a forum that a listener started. They are talking about a rally in Albany on 10/22. If you are interested, join the discussion. If you can't make it, spread the word.