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02-21-2003, 08:04 PM
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Flake Introduces Legislation to Limit the Duration of State-Issued Driver's Licenses for Foreign Nationals
Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has re-introduced legislation to establish a national standard for the issuance of driver's licenses by states to foreign nationals. Flake's legislation, H.R. 655, would bar federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a state-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the document issued expires upon the expiration date of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States. This legislation has 15 cosponsors and is fully supported by FAIR as an interim step toward securing state-issued identification documents. (Flake had similar legislation pending last Congress that was successfully reported out of the Immigration Subcommittee but never approved by the full Judiciary Committee.)
Action Needed to Advance this Legislation:
Please contact your Representative by phone, fax, and letter and ask them to cosponsor this important legislation. Also contact your Senators and ask them to support similar legislation in the Senate. For help contacting your elected officials, follow this link to the Elected Officials section of FAIR's Legislative Action Center. Please refer to the talking points below for help crafting your message.
Talking Points:
The 19 September 11 terrorists possessed a minimum of 22 state-issued driver's licenses - most of which were used to board the planes they hijacked.
Three of the September 11 hijackers were illegal aliens, having overstayed the terms of their nonimmigrant visitor visas.
Rep. Flake's bill responds to this problem by limiting the issuance of driver's licenses-with some exceptions-to foreign nationals who possess valid visas and requires these licenses to expire on the same date as the visa.
If enacted into law, Flake's bill will make it much easier to identify illegal aliens and would-be terrorists and begin the process of removing them.
Please forward this message to interested friends, acquaintances, and email lists. For current immigrations news, please visit the Stein Report at SteinReport You can visit our website at FAIR or go to the Legislative Action Center to find your representatives and local media contact information. For other information, call FAIR's legislative department at (202) 328-7004.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
For those of you who were questioning the character of Rep Flake - it looks like he may actually be doing something to help us. You can help too - write your congressmen.
Flake Introduces Legislation to Limit the Duration of State-Issued Driver's Licenses for Foreign Nationals
Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has re-introduced legislation to establish a national standard for the issuance of driver's licenses by states to foreign nationals. Flake's legislation, H.R. 655, would bar federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a state-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the document issued expires upon the expiration date of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States. This legislation has 15 cosponsors and is fully supported by FAIR as an interim step toward securing state-issued identification documents. (Flake had similar legislation pending last Congress that was successfully reported out of the Immigration Subcommittee but never approved by the full Judiciary Committee.)
Action Needed to Advance this Legislation:
Please contact your Representative by phone, fax, and letter and ask them to cosponsor this important legislation. Also contact your Senators and ask them to support similar legislation in the Senate. For help contacting your elected officials, follow this link to the Elected Officials section of FAIR's Legislative Action Center. Please refer to the talking points below for help crafting your message.
Talking Points:
The 19 September 11 terrorists possessed a minimum of 22 state-issued driver's licenses - most of which were used to board the planes they hijacked.
Three of the September 11 hijackers were illegal aliens, having overstayed the terms of their nonimmigrant visitor visas.
Rep. Flake's bill responds to this problem by limiting the issuance of driver's licenses-with some exceptions-to foreign nationals who possess valid visas and requires these licenses to expire on the same date as the visa.
If enacted into law, Flake's bill will make it much easier to identify illegal aliens and would-be terrorists and begin the process of removing them.
Please forward this message to interested friends, acquaintances, and email lists. For current immigrations news, please visit the Stein Report at SteinReport You can visit our website at FAIR or go to the Legislative Action Center to find your representatives and local media contact information. For other information, call FAIR's legislative department at (202) 328-7004.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
For those of you who were questioning the character of Rep Flake - it looks like he may actually be doing something to help us. You can help too - write your congressmen.