Tennessee Drivers Licenses Issued to Illegals Causing Identity Crisis

[dmcowen674]

7-27-2004 Card-Size Identity Crisis in Tennessee

NASHVILLE ? When Jerry Tseng left the Driver License Station recently, he possessed a new, and puzzling, form of identification.

Tennessee's "certificate for driving," which identifies its holder as a non-U.S. citizen, resembles a driver's license in some ways. Printed on it is a picture of Tseng, a Singaporean studying at Vanderbilt University on a student visa.

But the card is more remarkable for a function it does not perform. Below the state flag are the words: "For driving purposes only ? not valid for identification."

Tseng, 26, picked up his driver's certificate the second week of July and found it was accepted as identification at local bars and a car rental agency. But he carries a Singaporean identification card at all times now, just in case. "It is very confusing," he said.

With about 1,200 of the cards issued already, many Tennesseans are confused: Will the card be of use when cashing a check or renting a video or a car? When a police officer pulls a driver over and is shown the driving certificate, can the officer arrest the holder for failing to show proper ID? If the card is not identification, what is it?

Mexican immigrants shrugged when asked whether they would seek a driver's certificate, wondering what use it would be ? aside from marking them as illegal.

 

[Spencer278]

Good. Drivers licenses should go back to mean this preson is licesnsesed to drive a car and nothing more.

 

[Fingolfin269]

The lawmakers in my state are seriously misled if they think that people will not see that as a form of identification.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
The lawmakers in my state are seriously misled if they think that people will not see that as a form of identification.

Who cares if bussiness let people using it as an ID. I'm not going to cry when a rental car loses a few car after renting to illegals with out a valid ID. I do think that to get a valid Drivers licenses that isn't an ID the person should be required to have proof of insurance for the lenght of the licenses.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
The lawmakers in my state are seriously misled if they think that people will not see that as a form of identification.

Who cares if bussiness let people using it as an ID. I'm not going to cry when a rental car loses a few car after renting to illegals with out a valid ID. I do think that to get a valid Drivers licenses that isn't an ID the person should be required to have proof of insurance for the lenght of the licenses.

It's not a matter of who cares. If no one cared then why put 'Not a valid for of ID' on the license in the first place.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
7-27-2004 Card-Size Identity Crisis in Tennessee


With about 1,200 of the cards issued already, many Tennesseans are confused: Will the card be of use when cashing a check or renting a video or a car? When a police officer pulls a driver over and is shown the driving certificate, can the officer arrest the holder for failing to show proper ID? If the card is not identification, what is it?

Rather than give them a real license and have the problem of 10,000,000 illegal immigrants from across the U.S. clogging up the DMV centers here in Tennessee. The Gov wisely backtracked and rescinded the rule which allowed illegals to get real drivers licenses.

This is a driving certificate which only shows that the illegal can drive an automobile safely. That is all it is intended for. No identification? Maybe the people who get the certificates should see about getting a passport.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
7-27-2004 Card-Size Identity Crisis in Tennessee


With about 1,200 of the cards issued already, many Tennesseans are confused: Will the card be of use when cashing a check or renting a video or a car? When a police officer pulls a driver over and is shown the driving certificate, can the officer arrest the holder for failing to show proper ID? If the card is not identification, what is it?

Rather than give them a real license and have the problem of 10,000,000 illegal immigrants from across the U.S. clogging up the DMV centers here in Tennessee. The Gov wisely backtracked and rescinded the rule which allowed illegals to get real drivers licenses.

This is a driving certificate which only shows that the illegal can drive an automobile safely. That is all it is intended for. No identification? Maybe the people who get the certificates should see about getting a passport.

Wow, you mean when I go to the DMV now I won't have to wait 4 hours so that the illegals can get their license? That's awesome. I was so angry the last time I went to get my license renewed...

 

[laFiera]

hmmm...does it apply to pilot licenses tooo???
yea...i feel mush safer now!!