'Dreamer' protestors on site as Brewer lights Capitol dome downtown
Lighting the capitol dome
Gov. Jan Brewer throws the switch to light the copper dome on the state's historic capitol building Thursday to culminate the year-old centennial celebrations. A couple of dozen protestors chanted ``Let the Dreamers drive'' to protest her refusal to issue licenses to those in the Obama administration's deferred arrival program. [Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services]
Lighting the capitol dome
Gov. Jan Brewer watches after throwing switch to light the copper dome on the state's historic capitol building Thursday to culminate the year-old centennial celebrations. A couple of dozen protestors chanted ``Let the Dreamers drive'' to protest her refusal to issue licenses to those in the Obama administration's deferred arrival program. [Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services]
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samkat posted at 3:58 pm on Sat, Feb 16, 2013.
Heck, they can drive in their home country with no problems whosoever.
bobunf posted at 8:21 am on Sun, Feb 17, 2013.
The US is their home country. By definition they were brought here as children, frequently as infants. Most do not remember ever having been to their country of origin. They are Americans except for the accident of geographic location when born.
Leaving that aside, this action of Brewer's is typically senseless and counter-productive. They can work, but they can't get there?? If they could drive, they'd buy cars (note for car dealers), use repair shops, buy gas and thus pay the taxes to keep up the roads, and buy insurance. It's good for everybody.
On the other hand, under Brewer's spiteful plan, a lot of these people will drive anyway. Without paying the license fee, without an eye test, without a driving test, without a written test, without insurance.
bobunf posted at 8:21 am on Sun, Feb 17, 2013.
Or, they could move to California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado (you know, all of our bordering states), and, for good measure, Oregon, Washington, Illinois and a host of other states. In those places they get driver's licences, and don't have to put with Arpaio, Montgomery and their ilk. That way we can have some more vacant housing units and closed stores.
Not letting them get a licence is economically harmful to both the state and the Dreamers, reduces public safety, is mean and hateful, and just plain stupid.