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| 3 in alleged Chinese crime ring indicted for license fraud in NM |
| 2011-08-26 |
| An Albuquerque Grand Jury has just indicted three suspected members of a Chinese crime ring of helping out of state illegal immigrants get a New Mexico driver's license. The new indictments show the Chinese men used forged documents to get licenses for 62 illegal immigrants, mostly of Chinese descent. Bernalillo County District Attorney officials say the men advertised in Chinese newspapers in New York that illegal immigrants could get a New Mexico drivers license for $1500.00. Reuters: New Mexico is one of three states, including Utah and Washington, that allow illegal immigrants to lawfully obtain driver's licenses provided they show proof of residency. Some officials fear the state's lenient driver's license rules were making New Mexico a magnet for illegal immigrants from out-of-state seeking licenses unavailable to them in the states where they live. New Mexico's governor has already tried and failed to change state law to prohibit giving state driver licenses to illegal immigrants. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #1 Yep. The governor is attempting to get the state legislature to implement the necessary safe guards called for in the 2006 Real ID Act. Citizens complain they have to get a passport or passport ID to go to Canada or Mexico. The Congressional delegation secured a two year extension on the implementation deadline only to see the usual suspects in the legislature kill the necessary work in committee without it even making it to the floor. Now the same group is trying to block the governor from conducting a validation of existing addresses on issued licenses. By law you have a specific time frame to notify the license bureau of any address changes. Loyalty to blood trumps loyalty to community, state, or nation for too many in places of influence. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-08-26 13:58 |