PLN #14

I found the article, "Illegal Immigrants get N.Y. Citizenship" by the Associated Press to be very disagreeable. On Saturday, the Bush Administration and N.Y. agreed to create a super-secure driver's license for U.S. citizens, but it was also made for illegal immigrants. New York is the fourth state to reach this agreement along with Arizona, Vermont and Washington. The secure-license could be used as a license, as proof of citizenship, and as a passport-like document valid for travel in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Micheal Chertoff said he was not happy that New York intended to issue IDs to illegal immigrants, but he said there was nothing he could do to stop it. "I don't endorse giving licenses to people who are not here legally, but federal law does allow states to make that choice." Spitzer, a New York representative, however has said that this ID will make the state more secure by bringing those people "out of the shadows" and into American society, and will lower auto insurance rates.
What I believe matters from this story is that illegal immigrants are slowly becoming more and more legal in our society today. I disagree with illegal immigrants getting secure drivers license, because they didn't go through the legal citizenship process like many prior immigrants have done.
Issuing drivers licenses to illegal immigrants makes it easier for them to obtain a social security card, to vote, obtain a birth certificate, and get U.S. government benefits like health insurance coverage. Non-U.S. citizens should not have the right to determine the outcome of American politics. Nor should they have the ability to impact the cost of medical benefits.