How many Oregonians have renewed their driver’s licenses since Senate Bill 1080 was passed by the 2008 Legislature? I was born in Eugene, have had an Oregon license since 1958 and was shocked at the documentation that’s now necessary to renew a driver’s license.
Now the Legislature in pushing to save SB 833, which allows the state to issue a “driver card” to undocumented immigrants. Go figure. A referendum on the driver card law will be on the Nov. 4 general election ballot, thanks to a number of concerned citizens, but why has the issue advanced this far?
Why doesn’t the Legislature follow Section 4(1) of the law, which requires a person to provide proof they are legally present in the United States before he or she can receive a limited-term driver’s card, driver’s permit or ID card?
Will it be necessary to file a class-action lawsuit against the state of Oregon for discriminating against its own law-abiding citizens and violating its own law? Vote to repeal SB 833, and then vote out of office the people who sponsored the bill.
DONALD STALEY
Dexter