The presumptive Democratic VP candidate should know the national security risks
By Andrew R. Arthur on August 9, 2024
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to replace her as the vice presidential candidate for the Party of Jackson. So where does Walz stand on immigration? Let’s first look at the governor’s championing of a recently enacted law, which enables illegal aliens to obtain valid Minnesota driver’s licenses — notwithstanding concerns that such insecure documents assist aliens posing national-security risks to evade scrutiny and apprehension, concerns that federal law has attempted to address, but that Walz’s signature will exacerbate.
Driver’s Licenses for Unauthorized Aliens. Conservatives were hot out of the gate after Harris’ announcement to highlightWalz’ gubernatorial efforts to provide benefits to the estimated 81,000 unauthorized aliens living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
Most recently, in March 2023, the governor signed a bill“expanding eligibility for a standard Minnesota driver’s license by allowing Minnesotans, regardless of immigration status, to obtain a license”.
As he explained his decision in a press release at the time:
Ensuring drivers in our state are licensed and carry insurance makes the roads safer for all Minnesotans … . As a longtime supporter of this bill, I am proud to finally sign it into law, making our roads safer and moving us toward our goal of making Minnesota the best state to raise a family for everyone. [Emphasis in the original.]
Oxymoronic “Law-Abiding Illegal Aliens”. That’s a common argument politicians offer when they weaken state laws in order to allow illegal aliens to receive driver’s licenses, but it’s internally illogical and inconsistent.
The main — if not only — beneficiaries of that Minnesota law are aliens unlawfully in the United States, which by definition means they’ve ignored at least one law, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and usually a raft of others. “Law-abiding illegal alien” is a contradiction in terms.
Logically, up to the point they could apply for a driver’s license, one of the laws they were violating was the one requiring they have a proper driver’s license and insurance to operate a motor vehicle.
Thus, if they fail their newly allowed driver’s license exams, they’re likely to keep driving without a license because that’s what they have been doing to this point. Given that you usually have to possess a driver’s license to get auto insurance, they’ll likely skip that requirement, too.
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https://cis.org/Arthur/Minnesota-Gov-Tim-Walz-Proponent-Licenses-Illegal-Aliens
