Op-ed: Driver’s License Given to Deadly Illegal Migrant Trucker Shows How Blue States Undermine Border Security

Blue states keep finding new ways to undermine the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

Sanctuary states like California, and sanctuary cities like Chicago, try their best to embed illegal aliens into society to increase the incentives to come here illegally, and reduce the incentives to self-deport.

Some are expensive, like giving access to Medicaid, while others, like giving driver’s licenses, cost less.

But the point is always the same: Amnesty by a thousand cuts.

Anti-border politicians seek to normalize illegal immigration and present the American people with a fait accompli — “They’ve lived here for many years, we can’t deport them now!”

Perhaps the most important way states undermine federal immigration-control efforts is by issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.

The illegal-alien truck driver with a California commercial license who recently caused the deaths of three people in Florida has garnered as lot of attention, and prison followed by deportation should be his lot.

But it’s the millions of illegals with regular licenses that pose the greater long-term threat to the country.

You can’t get by in a modern society without ID. A government-issued photo ID is necessary for all kinds of ordinary activities — cashing a check, getting a job, renting a house, opening a bank account, picking up a prescription, buying a beer.

If illegal migrants can’t get legitimate IDs, they’ll seek out fake or stolen ones, significantly increasing the risk of arrest and deportation, or even prison. If such a policy were applied nationwide, it would be less appealing to come here illegally, more appealing to leave for those already here, and easier for immigration authorities to do their jobs.

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