Old Weird Ward
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Sunday, May 08, 2005
- - - - - Illigal Aliens - - - - -
THIS ACCOUNT of a rally by illegal immigrants in Maryland is enough to make OWW's temper start to rise, just a little bit.
Several hundred "documented" and "undocumented" workers attended, demanding driver's licenses and blanket amnesty. Maryland is one of ten states that don't require applicants to prove they are citizens or legal residents. Nevertheless, militant CASA leader Gustavo Torres complained: "The MVA [Motor Vehicle Administration] has absolutely no right to ask for people's Social Security number or immigration status to get a driver's license." The illegal alien advocates led protesters in a chant demanding that the "MVA Obey The Law!"
No kidding.
A contingent of Montgomery County police officers were dispatched to the scene--not to help with immigration enforcement, but to protect the protesters, help direct traffic, and manage the parking lot for illegal aliens who (ahem!) drove to the event. Our tax dollars at work.
With Casa de Maryland organizers shouting "No license, no justice! No justice, no peace!" in the background (the only time I could understand them as they exhorted the crowd), I interviewed Montgomery County, Md., police lieutenant J.R. Hack (yeah, that's his real name). Lt. Hack amiably told me the protest was "a good thing." When I asked him why, he said "everyone should have a voice."
Asked if the Department of Homeland Security had been notified of the illegal alien rally, Lt. Hack emphatically said no. "We're here to help them."
Even if they're here illegally? I asked. "We don't want to initimidate anyone," said Lt. Hack.
Shouldn't you report people to DHS if you know they are here illegally? I asked. "That's not my responsibility," he said.
Welcome to the sanctuary mentality and homeland security insanity. Is it any wonder MS-13 has spread like a virus in the Maryland, D.C., and Virginia area?
The cops didn't mind intimidating Michael Graham, however. The WMAL-AM talk show host, who came provocatively dressed in an INS t-shirt, was denied entrance onto the taxpayer-subsidized, public high school field by organizers who said the protest was "invitation only." When he presented ID showing his affilation with WMAL/ABC News, organizers of the illegal alien driver's license rally told Graham he didn't have proper ID.
Yeah, that's right. They told him he didn't have proper ID.
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I feel a letter to the Editor, with copies to my state Rep and Senator, my Congress-critter and Senators, and the Prez coming on.
Another letter to the Gov, seeking assurance that Georgia driver's licenses will only go to citizens or legally resident aliens.
Grrrr....
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