More ACLU Idiocy: Sues to prevent Mass. DMV from denying drivers’ licenses to illegals
From the Boston Globe: Denied licenses, legal immigrants sue state Registry
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles employees are routinely and unlawfully denying driver’s licenses to immigrants who are here legally, according to a class-action law suit filed yesterday.
According to the suit, Registry workers asked the immigrants for proof of legal residency when they were not authorized to do so. The workers then denied licenses to the applicants, incorrectly concluding that the immigrants had not demonstrated they were in the United States legally, the suit alleges.
In all cases, the immigrants’ lawyers said, the Registry workers were overstepping their legal authority and violating the immigrants’ constitutional rights.
“They don’t have the authority to enforce federal immigration law,” said Sarah Wunsch, staff attorney for the ACLU of Massachusetts, who is representing the seven immigrants who brought the suit. “But they’ve taken it upon themselves to do it, and they’re doing it wrong. It’s not an isolated case here and there. This appears to be policy.”
They are not “enforcing” federal immigration laws, they are making sure that no one who is breaking the laws gets a license to drive. If these people are “legal” immigrants, well, duh, they should be able to produce the effin’ proof! “It appears to be a policy?” Well, I hope there is a policy that people must prove they are legal to obtain government documents that require legal status. High Jackassery is the only way to describe this latest ACLU move.
Can anyone really argue that the ACLU cares about law, order and national security? Recall that the 9/11 mass-murderers had several dozen illegal licenses between them which presumably allowed them to operate more easily in society under the radar.
