With driver cards, illegal immigrants will take Oregon jobs: Guest opinion
Letter date:
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Letter publisher:
OregonLive.com
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On Jan. 1, a number of laws took effect that the Oregon Legislature passed in 2013. Thanks to the signatures of 58,000-plus Oregonians, however, the law granting driver cards to illegal immigrants was suspended and referred to the November 2014 ballot....
The Oregonian has styled driver cards a matter of "personal freedom" for illegal immigrants. But Oregonians should commit to a different freedom: that of their economically vulnerable fellow citizens to find work without having to compete with people who have broken into our nation. To that end, in November they should reject illegal-immigrant driver cards....
