Illegals have no right to drive in California

I would like to address F.A. Fritz's letter from Aug. 26 regarding his DMV illegal alien roundup. It's not as simple as that, but I get the idea Fritz is trying to get across. Allowing illegal immigrants to obtain a driver's license from California or any other state in our country is unreasonable and dangerous.

How do we even know that the documents that they provide to the DMV are real? They could even use a temporary address when applying. This would mean countless man-hours for INS investigators, not to mention the chance that the illegals may even register to vote. If this came to be, illegal immigrants can even get government services. I have always tried to be open-minded on this issue, but the risk and dangers outweigh the benefits.

True, licensed illegal immigrant drivers can be insured and insurance rates would probably go down. That would be the only benefit I see.

This in no way justifies allowing illegals to obtain driver's licenses. Our government does, however, allow drivers from other countries to travel our roads and highways with licenses from their country of origin, providing they have the proper documentation to be in our country legally.

People sympathetic to this issue generally feel that the illegal immigrant needs to get to work and has the same rights an American citizen has to drive. Wrong! How about the illegals who are on social services and don't even work?

How about foreign terrorists with expired visas driving around our cities scoping out their next target or hauling fertilizer?

Food for thought.

JIM NUTTING

Ramona


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