According to Philly.com and the Associated Press New Haven, Conn., police are prohibited from asking about immigration status and the city offers federal tax help to immigrants. I think what they are saying here is “Illegal Immigrants” - seeing as how we have taken to calling criminals who inter the U.S. illegally - immigrants. I say we call them what they are. Criminals.
Now New Haven, Conn. city officials have approved a plan to offer illegal immigrants identification cards to allow them to open bank accounts and use other services that they are not entitled to due to their status as illegal and would be otherwise unavailable because of the lack of state issued drivers licenses or other IDs.
Supporters say the program will help safeguard the city’s estimated 15,000 illegal immigrants. If they can open bank accounts, immigrants will be less likely to carry large amounts of cash, a practice that makes them easy targets for robbers.
The program was approved by the Board of Aldermen and believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, in stark contrast to new laws in more than 90 other cities and counties in the nation that train police on enforcement of immigration laws, prohibit landlords from renting to illegals, and punishes businesses that employ them.
“It was really a vote that reflected our values as a community here in New Haven, values of hard work, values of acceptance, and values that we get tough things done when we work together,” Mayor John DeStefano said Tuesday.
$250,000 was accepted from a private organization to pay for the cards, which will be available to all residents at a cost ranging from $5 for children to $10 for adults. The article does not state who the private organization is. I would really like to know though. If anyone can find out please comment the post. Consider for a moment why they would even need this money if they charge for the cards. If you take half of the residents and multiply that by the cost of the cards you end up with $625,000! (125,000 / 2 = 62,500 * $10 = $625,000) now add the money from the private foundation and you now have about $875,000! Which is not a bad take for allowing criminals to use services they are not entitled to in the first place.
Steven Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for stricter immigration enforcement, said the cards were largely symbolic. Most illegal immigrants who want bank accounts or need city services have probably already found ways to get them, he said.
“It seems like the main thing that’s going on here is really just a statement by the city that it wishes to subvert U.S. immigration law with a largely meaningless gesture for illegals,” he said.
A statement by the city that it wants to subvert U.S. law? Sounds like we need to have some new politicians in New Haven.
VIA philly.com
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