[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                FREE TO MOVE ABOUT THE COUNTRY-ILLEGALLY

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, it is illegal to drive a vehicle without a 
legal driver's license. Illegals, who aren't even supposed to be here, 
broke the law to get here, and they break it every day by staying here.
  Some States pander to illegals and encourage them to stay. Seven 
States: Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah and 
Washington, issue legal driver's licenses to illegals. These illegals 
then can use the driver's license to travel to other States, set up 
credit, obtain free social services, and in some States that don't 
verify citizenship, use these licenses to vote. Thus, these States 
encourage illegals to stay here. This is an absurd policy that gives 
the same recognition status to illegals that should be reserved only to 
citizens and legal immigrants.
  We need stricter requirements for driver's licenses, not more lax 
enforcement. The 9/11 terrorists used fake driver's licenses to ``move 
about the country freely.'' So States that promote violation of Federal 
immigration policy by issuing these driver's licenses to illegals 
should lose Federal transportation highway funds.
  Millions for border security, not one cent to highways for illegals.
  And that's just the way it is.

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