I'm from the state of Minnesota, and while my license doesn't expire until 07, I'm going to fork over the $8 to get my new one. For those of you putting on the tinfoil hats, I think that these licenses are not going to be the start of some Big Brother scheme. Sure, they'll have some of your info digitally imprinted on it, but who cares? It wont be abused.
And as for the Civil Liberties union and all of their "concerns"; Sorry. If your special immigrant is here and can't seem to renew their passport on time as the law states, then they're here illegally, and they'll face the consequence. I want an officer of the law to know this, instead of simply letting them go to have some other officer have to track the person down at a later date.
All in all, I think this is a definite move in the right direction, and a pretty cool one at that.
I'm sorry that it has come to this, and it's exactly what I was thinking. Not only do they have to put up with rebuilding after a fire, but they must also put up with being/.ed.
Best of luck to you through all of this.
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Yeah. They've been innovative enough in the past so I'm sure something else will be thought up. But, until then, good riddance!
I'm from the state of Minnesota, and while my license doesn't expire until 07, I'm going to fork over the $8 to get my new one. For those of you putting on the tinfoil hats, I think that these licenses are not going to be the start of some Big Brother scheme. Sure, they'll have some of your info digitally imprinted on it, but who cares? It wont be abused.
And as for the Civil Liberties union and all of their "concerns"; Sorry. If your special immigrant is here and can't seem to renew their passport on time as the law states, then they're here illegally, and they'll face the consequence. I want an officer of the law to know this, instead of simply letting them go to have some other officer have to track the person down at a later date.
All in all, I think this is a definite move in the right direction, and a pretty cool one at that.
I'm sorry that it has come to this, and it's exactly what I was thinking. Not only do they have to put up with rebuilding after a fire, but they must also put up with being /.ed.
Best of luck to you through all of this.