June 29, 2005

Assembly Committee Passes SB 60
Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens Bill Now
Moves to Assembly Appropriations Committee

As expected, the Assembly Transportation Committee passed SB 60 on Monday, sending the bill on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.  Seven of the eight Democrats on the committee voted for the bill, one abstained.  All Republicans voted no.

click here to see the official vote

The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Homeland Security opposed the measure.

According to the Associated Press, Mike Dayton, deputy director of the Office of Homeland Security, warned that terrorists could use the licenses to "carry out their evil deeds."

read the AP story

Please take a few minutes to contact the members of the Appropriations Committee and urge them to vote no on SB 60.

Committee Members	Phone		E-mail
Judy Chu, Chair	(916) 319-2049		email
Sharon Runner, Vice Chair	(916) 319-2036		email
Karen Bass	(916) 319-2047		email
Patty Berg	(916) 319-2001		email
Ronald S. Calderon	(916) 319-2058		email
Bill Emmerson	(916) 319-2063		email
Ray Haynes	(916) 319-2066		email
Betty Karnette	(916) 319-2054		email
Johan Klehs	(916) 319-2018
Mark Leno	(916) 319-2013		email
Alan Nakanishi	(916) 319-2010		email
Joe Nation	(916) 319-2006		email
Jenny Oropeza	(916) 319-2055		email
Mark Ridley-Thomas	(916) 319-2048		email
Lori Saldaņa	(916) 319-2076
Mimi Walters	916) 319-2073		email
Leland Yee	(916) 319-2012		email
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In the News...

Bush Proposal Prompted Surge in Illegal Immigrants  (6/28/05)
Watchdog Group Claims Administration Sought to Cover Up Data
President Bush's proposal for a guest worker program to help stem the tide of illegal immigration actually prompted a surge of illegal border-crossings that the administration then sought to cover up, a watchdog group charged today, citing a 2004 survey by the U.S. Border Patrol.

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White House covered up immigration study?  (6/28/05)
Federal survey showed Bush 'amnesty' plan encouraged illegals to enter
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., the most outspoken member of Congress on the issue of illegal immigration, wants an investigation into why a study of aliens crossing the border was discontinued by the Bush administration after initial results indicated the president's proposed "temporary worker proposal" plan encourages illegals to enter the U.S.

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Driver's license bill passes latest test  (6/28/05)
Legislation still faces hurdles
State Sen. Gil Cedillo's fifth attempt to grant driver licenses to illegal immigrants passed another hurdle Monday.  The bill, dubbed SB 60, was voted out of another committee with the required seven votes and is now headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Illegal Immigration Hurts Legal Immigrants  (6/27/05)
I just wanted to to make a comment on the article by Tim Donnelly dated 26 Jun 05. I also wanted to make a small note about the editors comment.
My name is Rick Murray. I am a freelance writer and syndicator. Among my clients is the Tombstone Tumbleweed, www.truck.net, (a web based news forum for the trucking industry,) and several other places where immigration news is wanted by the readers. I covered the Minuteman Project in April extensively as I live down here along the border myself.

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Monument re-ignites immigration protest  (6/26/05)
Dueling protests that attracted about 450 poster-carrying people and hundreds of police officers in riot gear on Saturday turned out to be relatively peaceful.

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Mexican American takes on illegal immigrants  (6/26/05)
BOISE, Idaho -- He is a grandson of Mexican immigrants who has been called a traitor to his people for building his political career on attacks against illegal immigration. Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez entered the race for Congress this month in characteristically provocative fashion, making the announcement at a Mexican restaurant that shares a building with the Idaho Migrant Council -- one of his more vocal opponents.

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