Immigration
Under “Senator Clinton: Illegals Should Have Licenses”, commenter Greg asks, “Has anyone heard if insurance companies have signed on to the plan to give illegal aliens coverage?” After some quick research on this question, it appears that they have. The concern is that illegal aliens simply will not purchase the insurance – or they will…
We know that there was a license scam in RI and now a similar one has been uncovered in Massachusetts (and other states). Typically, the “license rings” operate in similar ways: corrupt registry clerks work with middlemen, who sell the licenses to illegal immigrants, criminals, and others looking to cover their identities. The driver’s licenses…
After strong opposition, New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer has backed off a plan to issue standard New York drivers licenses to illegal aliens, instead proposing three different drivers licenses, one of which would be for those who cannot prove citizenship or legal residency. A third type of license will be available to undocumented immigrants. Spitzer…
More arrests in the DMV fake ID case, and a little more info on Dolores Rodriguez-LaFlamme: Dolores Rodriguez-LaFlamme, 40, of Providence, one of the two clerks arrested in the fraud scheme, had already been ordered deported. Her application for adjusted immigration status had been denied after a federal investigation discovered two fraudulent marriages, according to…
The Providence City Council unanimously passed a non-binding resolution Thursday night endorsing a boycott of Western Union, making it the first city in the United States to do so. Activist groups nationwide have been organizing small protests against the company for the past month, charging that Western Union’s fees are too high, and that the…
Here’s the key paragraph of Andrew’s post on the supposed traffic arrest fatality: From what we know, anyone with Mr. Araujo’s medical condition — citizen or non-citizen — could have suffered the same unfortunate fate, if discovered to be the subject of an outstanding warrant following a traffic stop. Mr Araujo’s immigration status is only…
From time to time throughout my life, I’ve been asked whether I was from another country. As far as I can recall, the question has always been posed by females, so I’ve generally taken it as an intended compliment — some variation of “So are you exotic as well as dashingly handsome?” (On the other…
Strictly political “kudos” to the Democrats for making the ongoing immigration debate a Republican affair. The GOP has rent itself in two over the issue while the Dems have been able to sit back and grin. But the honeymoon may be over. A co-worker–this person is predisposed to Democrats, doesn’t like Bush and is only…
As Andrew posted, the Immigration Bill will be coming back. Charles Krauthammer can’t understand why the damn thing has to be so complicated (via NLT): The reason comprehensive immigration reform remains in jeopardy, despite yesterday’s partial resuscitation, is that it is a complex compromise with too many moving parts and too many competing interests….There is…
From today’s New York Times…Senate Democratic and Republican leaders announced on Thursday that they had agreed on a way to revive a comprehensive immigration bill that was pulled off the Senate floor seven days ago. The majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, and the minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, said they expected…