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Florida Bill Could Grant Illegal Immigrants Licenses
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Apr 06, 2004 03:01pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - FOX News |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 6, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Florida Bill Could Grant Illegal Immigrants Licenses
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Gov. Jeb Bush endorsed a bill to allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses, saying they are in the state anyway and officials should accept that fact. "We shouldn't allow them to come into the country to begin with, but once they're here, what do you do? Do you basically say that they're lepers to society? That they don't exist?" he asked. "A policy that ignores them is a policy of denial."
The issue comes up just four months after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a fellow Republican, fulfilled a major campaign promise by repealing a law that would have allowed an estimated 2 million illegal immigrant drivers there to begin applying for licenses. Opponents of the California law said providing licenses to undocumented immigrants rewarded illegal behavior. |
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