Julie Annie Never Met An Illegal Immigrant He Didn't Like...

...But even he draws the line at giving them a drivers license...

"(Governor) Spitzer's unilateral order flies in the face of the national post-9/11 trend - which has been to tighten the restrictions on obtaining a driver's license and make those documents more secure.

New York state, for example, passed a law requiring proof of legal residence as a condition for obtaining a license, in line with the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission; nearly every other state similarly tightened up. New Jersey converted to a photo-ID license, complete with a dozen covert security features.

The reason for this is obvious: Eighteen of the 19 terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks had valid driver's licenses, though none was a U.S. citizen and several were here on expired visas.

The 9/11 Commission concluded that, for a terrorist, travel documents are nearly as important as an actual weapon.

A driver's license has become the de facto national ID card; it is the most universally accepted form of identification in this country - and the pathway through which other government documents are obtained.

Spitzer's proposal is a national-security nightmare. It would single-handedly negate the value of a New York license - to the point, Bloomberg noted, where it might no longer be sufficient to allow entry on an airplane.

And that, according to the city's Corporation Counsel, means that a U.S. citizen who is a New York resident would have to show a valid passport just to board a commercial domestic flight.

Ed Koch had a word for that: Ridiculous!

Indeed, it's an indication of how ill-advised Spitzer's policy is that not even the state's Democratic U.S. senators, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chuck Schumer, are willing to publicly endorse it.

Then there's the question of whether the governor has the legal right to unilaterally abrogate that part of state law requiring a valid Social Security number in order to get a license."

That is correct. A N.Y. drivers license will be so easy to obtain as to render it worthless as a form of identification.

And why shouldn't it? If all one need do is ask for one without providing ANY documentation regarding place of birth or residency, then cult-gangs like al-Queda will be lining up to become instantly "legal".

PS: Yes, you can take the written test in spanish. 134 different languages to be precise. If they do not have one that suits you, a translator will be provided free of charge.