Driver’s licenses for illegals is the wrong approach

By Dave Fox Tampico

Created: Monday, February 4, 2013 1:15 a.m. CDT

Sin and immorality sneak into a person’s life one small step at a time, normally. Small steps are generally bigger at the government level.

On Jan. 27, Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a measure that gives illegal immigrants the right to an Illinois driver’s license. The bill was sponsored by none other than a Chicago Democrat, and according to news reports will make legal driving privileges available for some 250,000 illegal immigrants. Anyone see anything wrong with this picture?

Yes, America is a melting pot, and we’re a nation of immigrants and descendants of immigrants. My own family came generations ago from England and Germany.

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