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[Bob Bruhns]

Herndon's Mayor Steve is asking the Virginia General Assembly for some enforcement tools.

Herndon police wrote 700 citations for unlicensed driving in 2007, compared to 10,000 by Fairfax County. Hmm, Fairfax County population, over a million; Herndon population: about 24,000. That's a 14:1 ratio of citations, for a 40:1 ratio of population. So it would appear that either Fairfax County is not enforcing traffic law, or Herndon has a whole lot of unlicensed drivers for some strange reason.

I wonder what the General Assembly's excuse for continuing to fail to enforce the law is going to be this time.

Cracking Down on Illegal Drivers in Virginia
Washington Post, Sunday, December 14, 2008; Page B08
Letter

[AlexS]

Imagine that - putting the health and safety of innocent, legal and law abiding residents rights before those of law breakers. And, at no cost to the tax payers. What a concept!

I presume ol' Dillon will not allow localities (Fairfax County) to expand this legislation without GA approval.

Now the onus is on the General Assembly to see just who they really represent.

[AlexS]

A week since my email request to vote for this recommendation ... AND ... two e-newsletters from Plum, and not even so much as an acknowledgement.

Howell would have us believe she is so "busy" that she only has time to send scripted mass mailings.

If the past is any indication of Plum's and Howell's voting record, I'd say its safe to presume they take the rights of drivers with revoked or suspended licenses as more important than those of us with current licenses and clean driving records.

Oh well, there are the upcoming town halls to raise the issue again.

[friend04]

or perhaps they think we have enough laws on the books to address driving without a license and there are other more pressing concerns to be addressed.

our mayor is a lonely voice -- four people attended the culpeper coalition meeting, nobody wants to talk about nol offenses, only 4% of the town residents think immigration is an important issue. perhaps it's time for a change.

[Bob Bruhns]

Change - yes, I think that considerably more than 4% of the people ought to be thinking about illegal immigration, when 12 to 20 million people in the country are here illegally, and our state and federal governments seem so remarkably unconcerned about enforcing immigration and residency laws that already exist.
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[AlexS]

Input on other forums shows people are becoming more concerned about the social services paid to illegal aliens and their illegitimate children while they and their parents are being cut from programs.

As much as some of the advocates would like to believe illegal aliens are not receiving any kind of social services, that is just not true.

Pregnant illegal aliens receive pre and post natal care, as well as hospitalization for the birth - at the tax payers expense. It doesn't matter that the resultant child may be an American citizen by virtue of abuse of our Constitution, what matters is these women are NOT entitled to benefits, yet they are receiving them, while Americans (unemployed with too many assets) are denied.

Illegal aliens with American born children are receiving food stamps, housing assistance, and a plethora of other services. Americans who lost their jobs but have a savings account are expected to take it on the chin as they stand in line behind illegal aliens who whip out their Food Stamp debit card and WIC coupons.

One woman said she lost her job and did everything right by putting money into a savings account for a "rainy day." When she applied for Food Stamps, she was told because her assets were "on the line," she only qualified for $16/month. When asked why she is being denied full benefits when illegal aliens are using the debit cards every time she's in the grocery store, the clerk just signed heavily and said she was only doing her job.

Driving without a drivers license is a serious offense, there is no question. When people who have no health care coverage and can barely put food on their tables are told they can't get assistance while illegal aliens are given HMO and Food Stamp cards and WIC coupons, somehow driving without a license isn't all that important.

The general concensus is starting to sway the other way, as even the “liberals” are starting to demand Americans - born to American citizens - be given consideration before those born to illegal aliens, regardless of "legal" status.

My niece who is a teacher in AZ said since E-Verify was mandated state wide, the number of students of illegal aliens who have left the school system has reduced the student count by 20% easily.

Illegal aliens across the state were either denied employment or fired from their jobs when they couldn’t provide verifiable documentation and left the state. Some areas of AZ that had been taken over by illegal aliens have turned into ghost towns, which resulted in a marked downturn in crime. .

If what I'm reading on the other forums is an indication of what Americans are thinking, our new Congress may give serious pause to drafting legislation to legalize illegal aliens as long as REAL Americans are hurting.

I doubt Virginia will take the same steps as AZ. Connolly, Warner and Webb promised developers and construction contractors cheap labor when the money rolls in for the Metro. Even if they slip on all the other promises they made, this is one promise they won't back down from - not if they want to keep their seats.

[friend04]

[Bob Bruhns]

Meanwhile, considerably more than 4% of the people ought to be thinking about illegal immigration, when 12 to 20 million people in the country are here illegally, and our state and federal governments seem so remarkably unconcerned about enforcing immigration and residency laws that already exist.
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[AlexS]

[AlexS]

[friend04]

[AlexS]

No Friend, Illegal Aliens are NOT entitled to prenatal care. They are entitled to EMERGENCY care ONLY. You keep trying to tell us that the "Law" entitles illegal aliens a tissue when their noses run, but you conveniently forget to post a link to this law.

Pre-Natal Care is NOT Emergency Health Care, and we all know that all the medical expenses for the anchor babies born in Northern VA to illegal aliens were not self-paid.

And if you honestly think that unemployed American citizens are not passed over for food stamps because they have a savings account, you're not paying attention - which makes you part of the problem.

Many of the things you have said are simply not true. You fail to provide a link to the laws you "claim" support your nonsense, acting all puffed up and saying you don't have time ... when we all know no such laws exist.

We may have been born at night Friend, but we weren't born last night.

Illegal aliens and their anchor babies have been, and continue to be a drain on our coffers and a blight on our communites. Nothing good will ever come from a people who so blatantly abuse our laws and then thumb their noses at us while they take food from the mouths of children of American citizens (born to American citizens).

[friend04]

AlexS -- people who have savings accounts over a certain amount do not qualify for food stamps because they are not poor. Nobody's immigration status has anything to do with that. Welfare programs are for poor people, and "poor" is defined as having no other resources.

Community Health Care centers provide comprehensive prenatal care to women who are not eligible for Medicaid or FAMIS.

Children born in the US are American citizens.

[AlexS]

Illegal aliens are not eligible for Medicaid or FAMIS - nor are they eligible for any associated tax funded services! Community health care centers that are funded with tax dolllars are breaking the law by providing these services.

Citizens are starting to realize this as their benefits, and those of their parents, are being cut off or reduced to practically nothing.

[friend04]

"and a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest...."

happy new year.