Glad you asked. In El Paso every day Mexican students Cross the border and attend schools in El Paso. There is a rule that the schools cannot challenge any student for proof of citizenship or that they are legal residents in El Paso. And yes the property owners pay the bills...I was one. This is exactly why El Paso has some of the highest property taxes in the nation. I use to drive by the high school each morning as all the vehicles with Mexican license plates let their kids out to go to school. This also occurs in other cities..California, Texas. No, these people pay no property tax, rent, etc.
Ah, hadn't thought of this. I'd suggest that this is an issue that only applies to border areas (as in,
real border areas a short drive from Mexico...El Paso, San Diego, and other actual border cities/towns) and something I'd agree you guys desperately need to fix. Get more than a half-hour drive from the border, and it's a little harder for somebody to have their kids in school without paying property taxes somewhere (unless they're living in their car). And where I went to high school (Phoenix) it seemed like they were pretty strict on trying to make sure you actually lived within the district you were attending school in; as much to keep poor white kids out of nice suburban districts as to keep illegal aliens out.
Why not give them Conceal Carry permits while were at it?
I'd suggest they have more right to a CCW than a driver's license, actually. But that comes from the whole "natural right to self defense" argument than anything.
The argument in favor of giving them licenses is, I think, really a matter of safety. Testing standards, knowledge of laws of the road, insurance...increasing the odds the illegal aliens will have/follow these is a "good thing." Not as good as actually keeping them out or keeping them documented (I prefer the latter, but really either is valid), but still an improvement over the status quo. The only reason it screws any candidate that suggests it is because, as Unregistered implied, it's harder to keep up the "tough on illegals" front (and it
is a front for a majority of politicians, on both sides of the aisle) while doing so.
I don't want them to have a "free ride" on anything. Any ideas on how to make this happen?
Two options, like I said. Document them or send them home. And as suggested, the
easiest way to send them home is to dry up the demand for their labor. Seems to be working (slowly but surely) in Arizona. And even bleeding-heard liberals have an easier time stomaching a crackdown on business owners who employ illegal aliens than a crackdown on the poor bastards that trudge across the desert trying to feed their families and build a better life. Same net effect, of course, but easier to accept.
