Tuesday, December 02, 2003

It just froze over again!

Assembly Votes Down License Law:
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly handed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger his first legislative victory Monday, voting overwhelmingly to overturn a new law that would have given driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

The bill to block the license law from taking effect in January passed 64-9 after brief debate and will probably be signed by Schwarzenegger this week.

Republicans who had been gathering signatures to ask voters to repeal the law in March said they would halt their campaign because their goal had been accomplished, and Latino advocacy groups pressed ahead with plans for an "economic boycott" to protest the expected repeal of the law.

"This will be the beginning phase in the movement of immigrants and our families to use economic tactics to secure our rights in California," said Nativo Lopez, national president of both the Mexican American Political Assn. and Hermandad Mexicana, an immigrants rights group. He said those organizations were asking Latinos, immigrants and sympathizers to avoid work, schools and stores on Dec. 12 as a response to the repeal of SB 60.
As always with "immigrants rights groups", read illegal alien for immigrant. No word from Nativo on exactly what rights illegal aliens think they have other than a trip to the border. But I'm sure it's a long list.