Washingtontimes.com
Immigration-rights advocates in Annapolis are seeking to push through the legislature at least two measures aimed at making life a good deal easier for illegal aliens living in Maryland. One such bill would change the law to permit illegals to get drivers licenses.
In neighboring Virginia, both houses of the legislature — alarmed by the fact that seven of the 19 terrorists who struck this country on September 11 were carrying Virginia ID cards even though they did not live in the state — approved legislation requiring that foreign nationals present documents such as a foreign residency card showing that they are legally in the country when applying for a license. Gov. Mark Warner has yet to decide whether he will sign the legislation, which passed both houses of the General Assembly by majorities large enough to override a veto. Rep. Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, who has introduced related legislation in the House of Representatives, notes that, absent such a requirement, "a state-issued license becomes a veil of legitimacy for terrorists to gain access to planes."