They have become a big part of the politics of having a big part of the population dependant on government largess. They will vote for the politicians that will give them housing, food, medical care, education, etc. We're no longer the land of opportunity, but the land of handouts.
to those above
Each of you states a part of the problem. What's sad is that I thnk everyone of you used the word "illegal" or "undocumented" to describe the process in which they entered the country. It's sad because in most debates that word is no longer used, it is no longer considered politically correct to refer to someone as an illegal (alien or immigrant). I guess we are suppose to say they entered the country through alternative methods.
It's been pointed out that both political parties have sold out our security because of power and money. On one side you have the agro-business which enjoys cheap labor. On the other side the socialists who see a large pool of votes ripe for the harvesting.
And yes, the Motor Voter laws almost insure that non-citizens now can vote in elections.
In answer to the person who asked why they don't apply for citizenship, maybe the don't want to become citizens of the USofA.
Yep and if matched to the digital information that they are not a citizen then no voter registration card will be issued. And if they have illegal documents that can get by the folk at the MVA you couldn't stop them anyhow.You might want to look at this one closer:
C. A document or documents with the applicant's full name and signature if digital image is on file with the MD MVA and is retrievable for identification purposes; PLUS
D. Two proofs of Maryland residence.
They've been tightening this stuff up because of the Real ID act and all the heat they've been getting, but nobody's talking about the 250,000 illegals that were already running around in Md before the changes. Many of which already have drivers licenses from the lax period...
General Requirements of the Help America Vote Act
"As of January 1, 2006, the Help America Vote Act requires that an individual applying to register to vote must provide his or her driver's license number on the voter registration application. If the applicant does not have a driver's license number, he or she must provide at least the last four digits of his or her social security number on the application. If the applicant has neither a driver's license nor a social security number, the applicant must indicate this on the application, and an election official will assign the individual a unique identifying number."
Those before the changes are an issue, but how do you retrieve them, and the signiture from a license a couple of years ago will be on file in digital format. Remember signing the little screen and the signature being injected onto the card?What digital information? Two years ago they walked in there with a cable bill and said I live here, and where issued a license...
