DRIVERS LICENSES FOR ILLEGALS
Last week Senate Democrats passed the bill that will grant driver’s licenses to those here illegally with all Democrats voting in favor and all Republicans opposed.
The license will be identical in every way to driver’s licenses for legal citizens and residents. Democrats rejected all Republican attempts to distinguish driver’s licenses to illegals with features such as vertical orientation, different color, or text. The Democrat rejecting common sense measures presents three exceptionally dangerous problems:
First, it creates a serious national security threat. Until the federal REAL ID law takes effect, a driver’s license can grant one access onto a military base or federal building. An illegal immigrant with bad intentions and one of these identical licenses could expose that massive gap in security.
Second, it jeopardizes the integrity of our elections. Democrats are also pushing an automatic voter registration law and a bill to weaken safeguards in our elections even further. With one of these licenses, illegal immigrants will have an easy time registering to vote.
Third, because jurors are selected from lists of registered voters, licensed drivers, and state ID card holders, illegal immigrants will be summoned to sit on juries. Courts will no longer be decided by a jury of one’s peers but instead Minnesotans will be convicted of crimes by those in MN illegally.
The danger Democrats are putting all law-abiding Minnesotans in to appease their extremist base is simply astounding. With no safeguards in place, the Democrat legislation will lead to significant fraud, abuse, and even further compromised elections.
As a minority myself married to an immigrant and multiple other immigrant family members, I testify first-hand how immigrants are an indispensable part of the fabric of this country. There are countless immigrants who played by the rules, followed the process, and did things the right way. Their contributions are insulted every time we normalize those who broke the law.
FELONS VOTING
Last week Senate Democrats passed a bill giving convicted felons on probation the right to vote no matter their crime.
It’s stunning how reckless Democrats are operating at the Capitol by passing legislation that permits violent sex offenders and other dangerous criminals the same right to vote as law-abiding citizens. I offered a series of amendments including prohibiting sexual predators and child rapists from voting, but nevertheless Democrats unanimously voted all my amendment down.
It’s a very simple concept: if one breaks the law, one must pay the consequences. The consequence of committing a felony is forfeiting one’s voting rights until one has repaid one’s debt to society. Probation is an important part of a criminal’s sentence, and it should not be carelessly cast aside. This is common sense for most of us, but not for the extreme Democrats.
