by John Hill
Stand With Arizona
“Never stop fighting ’till the fight is done”. – Elliot Ness, “The Untouchables”
You have to hand it to Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM): she does NOT back down. This tough former D.A. seems to have inherited her tenacity from her father – a former Sheriff and boxer who won three straight Golden Gloves titles in the 1950s. Her adversaries underestimate her at their peril.
And when her Democrat adversaries blocked her fight to stop issuing drivers’ licenses to illegal aliens last Winter, she tried again in March. Stand With Arizona members turned out tons of phone calls and emails, and remarkably Martinez managed to pass it through the House on March 4. But Senate Democrats then quietly killed the the bill late on a Friday night on March 19th. They thought the matter was closed for the year, as is usually the case. But Susana Martinez is not your “usual” politician.
New Mexico is one of only two states (Washington) that grants driver’s licenses to people regardless of immigration status. The law – created in 2003 under her predecessor, Democrat Bill Richardson – has made New Mexico a magnet for illegal aliens “who want to receive a valid United States ID and travel freely around the country,” Martinez noted. Thus this disgraceful law not only rewards illegal aliens, but also gives potential terrorists an easy gateway to establish themselves in ANY state to help plan an attack.
And Martinez is determined to put a stop to it. “I will continue to fight to fulfill the promises I made to New Mexicans,” she said after the bill’s defeat. And fight she did.
On July 19, she did something remarkable to seize control of the issue. Illegals living in other states pay forgers as much as $6,000 a pop for documents that declare them to be residents of New Mexico so they can apply for driver’s licenses there. New Mexico doesn’t know what percentage of the 25,000 state driver’s licenses issued to foreign nationals last year alone went to illegals. So Martinez came up with a plan to thwart them:
Martinez announced Tuesday the Motor Vehicle Division will check a random sample of 10,000 license holders who are foreign nationals to determine their residency. Letters will notify people they have 30 days to schedule an IN-PERSON appointment with MVD. Documents to verify residency include utility bills, pay stubs and lease agreements.
Brilliant! Now everyone on that list – illegal aliens, foreign nationals overstaying their visas, potential terrorists – all will have to make a personal appearance in Albuquerque or Las Cruces within 30 days to prove N.M. residency, or lose their license. Predictably, all hell broke loose.
Illegal aliens who do live in New Mexico are now panicking that if they show up to verify residency, they will be DEPORTED.
Some foreign nationals say they’re not worried about losing their driver’s license, but rather, they’re concerned they could be kicked out of the country.”This is my fear, that something would happen as soon as I get there,” said one woman. “I fear that if I present the papers then they’re still going to reject them and ask for something else.”
The Governor’s office issued a statement that ICE will not be called to the MVD to check immigration status. But the fear is out there, nonetheless. And for those breaking the law, that is a always GOOD thing. It will keep hundreds or thousands of illegals from showing up, and their licenses will be suspended, as they should be. We are also hearing from illegal alien advocates in Las Cruces and Albuquerque that the number of illegals seeking licenses has dropped significantly since Martinez’ order. So in effect, the law the Democrats blocked – twice – is now largely in effect, as a result of her formidable chess move.
Additionally, since most of the illegals who have obtained drivers’ licenses since Richardson enacted the law in 2003 are believed to be either out of state or used forged residency papers to begin with, Gov. Martinez has effectively – and retroactively – ended the driver’s license program for thousands of illegals.
And that’s not all. Martinez has scheduled a special session in September, where she will once again push to end the program completely.
That is leadership. That is Susana Martinez. That is what is required from ALL public officials to end the scandal of illegal aliens which is bankrupting our nation. Thank you, Governor!
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Once again a woman has stepped up to the plate to unscrew what a man has so effectively screwed up. When will the idiocy in this nation finally reach a boiling point and we without exception rid this nation of mentally deranged liberals. You tell them that they’re allowing terrorist to come here to destroy us and what is their response……”We must allow it because it’s the politically correct thing to do.” It’s a fairly large response when you try to write it on their headstone but if we reduce the font size I believe we can get it on their headstone. I wish that I could write this in big enough letters so that every liberal brain dead nitwit in this nation could read it. SPAY AND NEUTER LIBERALS !
Kick ass and take names. Thank you, Governor Martinez for putting the rats in their place. The people are behind you!
Mr. “President”, Congressmen, Senators We are coming for you.
WE THE PEOPLE will sweep Capitol Hill clean.
We are tired of your lies.
We are tired of illegal immigrants taking American jobs.
We are tired of entitlements.
We are tired of you buying votes with OUR tax dollars.
We are tired of you sending our money to third world nations as foreign aid.
We are tired of you looking down your noses at us.
We are tired of doing without while you live like kings and princes.
We are tired of professional politicians.
We are tired of lobbyists.
We are tired of YOU ALL !!!!
WE the People will take our revenge in 2012.
WE are THE TEA PARTY !
how come I dont have a job–but yet I see truck loads of mexican nationals working -and not paying taxes–if they paid taxes then it would help our national debt–then thay send 80 percent of their income back to mexico—its not good for our country—m.h.
Thank you for your advocacy work with StandwithArizona. I appreciate it very much.
We are tired in anemic leaders who are afraid of their own shadows and losing their pay (do they do anything to earn that pay?). We are tired of CRIMINALS CRYING FOUL. Who are you Mr. or Ms. Criminal to say you have rights? If you wanted to have rights you should have OBEYED THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY! We are the ONLY NATION who tolerate the actions of CRIMINALS! Any other country does not tolerate this lack of Inaction. STOP BEING PASSIFISTIC or you will find that the CRIMINALS WILL BE RUNNING THE SHOW! Maybe a little revolution every once in a while IS a good thing? Maybe we should just do a Constitutional Convention to limit terms, pay, benefits as well as making it a LAW that anything Congress does has to be posted on and in the media. That those who represent us get PAID PER DAY THAT THEY DO SOMETHING! LET’S GET THE CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY AND REPLACE THE CRIMINALS IN CONGRESS WITH LAW ABIDING AND ENFORCING PEOPLE AS WELL!
KUDO’S to you all.I’m a native Arizonian and advocate for stand with Arizona against Illegal immegration.These are all Great post, but telling it to each other does nothing for the cause.CALL UR SENATORS CONGRESSMEN(when their not on a month long vacation) and voice OUR frustration to them and everyone eles you know.I’ve been called a racist and thats not true.PROTECT WHAT OUR PARENTS PAID FOR AND BUILT WITH THEIR HARD WORK.Whats left to our children ? Thanks again.
Who or what state would want to be responsible for helping to facilitate some terrorists getting in here and commiting some horrible situation? This Gov. is protecting citizens of America by doing this. Thank you Gov. of New Mexico. At least you are making an effort. What’s funny is they have a hard time calling her racist with a name like she has!! So, maybe keeping terrorists out actually is one of her main concerns about this.
I am from New Mexico, and when richardson passed that stupid law I knew illegals would be coming here just to get their lisc just to do what ever they wanted and make it easier for them to move even more illegals into the states when that law was passed richardson was not thinking, and I am 100% for what martinez is doing
She’ got…well, she cannot … but … oh, heck…yea she has ba//s. Not physically, but none the less – she got em
She has more guts then the Federal Government. But their agenda is to let the illegals vote, and convicted felons in prison ! Obama & Hillary are pushing for this !
Thanks God, there is common sense among us.
Senator Reid isn’t using his Washington influence to block this? Surprising