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The Voters' Pamphlet is out, and if we look at the arguments in favor of Measure 88, the proposition to extend driving privileges to illegal aliens, we discover it's supported by a band of greedy business folks who want cheap labor and left-wing politicians looking to expand their political base.

Maybe the most laughable argument of all is the contention that illegal aliens will drive anyway, and giving them driving cards will compel them to buy insurance thereby making Oregon's highways safer. But who in their right mind thinks people who illegally entered the country and use fake...

Oregon’s voters during the 2014 General Election will have a chance to vote on Senate Bill 833 that will appear before them as Ballot Measure 88.

The passage of Ballot Measure 88 would require the Oregon DMV to grant to persons “who cannot prove legal presence in the United States” a special state issued identification called a driver’s card.

In reaction to the state driver cards’ legislation, sheriffs across the state have stepped forward to oppose the ballot measure.

The Sheriff’s of Oregon Political Action Committee, representing the political and public safety...

The Citizen petition drive that forced Measure 88 to the ballot this November, temporarily saved legislators, who drafted this bill and voted to enact it, along with our Governor who signed it, from committing felonies described below:

Section 274 FELONIES¨

Immigration & Naturalization Act 274A(a)(1)(A): [condensed]

A person (including a group, business, organization, or local government) commits federal felony when they:

Assist aliens s/he reasonably suspects lack authorization, or illegally in the U.S., by transporting, sheltering or assisting them.

Although Gov. John Kitzhaber claims that Measure 88 will promote insured driving among people who can’t prove they’re legally in the country, the lax requirements and glaring omissions of the bill seem tailored to accommodate illegal immigration in the guise of safety. It neither guarantees insured driving nor prevents the driver card from being used as identification.

For instance, Kitzhaber says Measure 88 “requires” applicants to get insurance, but David House, of DMV Public Affairs, contends bluntly: Liability insurance is not a requirement for driving privileges … including...

Here are the reasons I’m voting no on Measure 88. We have established laws and procedures for procuring a drivers license. Everyone should utilize the in-place laws. We should not need to cater to illegals anymore than we already do.

Obtaining a “drivers card” will also allow them to board commercial aircraft and effectively disappear in the United States.

We the taxpayers will incur the debt to start up this program. It will not make our roads any more safer.

It is hard enough now to track illegals in this country. Your article stated that: “One worker managed to...

VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow writes: I was very impressed by this recent presentation to the Social Contract Magazine’s Writers Workshop conference by Oregon’s Cynthia Kendoll on the struggle to block state legislation giving driver’s licenses to illegals. Just as in Montana in 2012, an immigration patriot initiative seems likely to prevail overwhelmingly, while GOP statewide candidates run away—and are defeated.

Good morning everyone. Thank you to K.C. [McAlpin, US Inc. Executive Director] for inviting me here today to tell our Oregon story. It’s been a wild ride!

Your articles about measure 88 are not the views of many Catholics. You are misleading your readers.

Immigrants are welcome and are allowed to apply for an Oregon Driver License. Illegal aliens are not. We are a nation of laws. Lawbreakers should be punished, not rewarded. Those who violate our laws don’t deserve special favors. Even Jesus evicted the evildoers from the temple.

Vote NO on measure 88. This measure is funded by large organizations that want to take advantage of cheap laborers who work for low wages.

My 12 younger siblings and I worked all summer on the...

Your articles about measure 88 are not the views of many Catholics. You are misleading your readers.

Immigrants are welcome and are allowed to apply for an Oregon Driver License. Illegal aliens are not. We are a nation of laws. Lawbreakers should be punished, not rewarded. Those who violate our laws don’t deserve special favors. Even Jesus evicted the evildoers from the temple.

Vote NO on measure 88. This measure is funded by large organizations that want to take advantage of cheap laborers who work for low wages.

My 12 younger siblings and I worked all summer on the...

In the last legislative session, our legislators and governor passed a law (Senate Bill 833) that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain "driver cards" for four years.

Individuals would not have to be here legally in order to obtain a driver card and be able to drive legally in Oregon. The driver card applications would be available after Measure 88 passes.

However, last summer, a group of Oregon citizens (Oregonians for Immigration Reform and Protect Oregon Driver Licenses) were able to collect the signatures of almost 60,000 registered Oregon voters, which then stopped...

How should Catholics vote on Measure 88, which would create driver cards for illegal immigrants?

Today in Oregon, more than 200,000 U.S. citizens and legal residents are jobless or “involuntary part-time workers.”

Yet, concurrently, 120,000 illegal immigrants may hold Oregon jobs. Most of these are in fields like food services, construction, and building maintenance -- jobs occupied disproportionately by young, minority and low-skilled Oregonians. Driver cards would better enable illegal immigrants to take and keep those jobs.

Does this matter? Yes. A nation is a...