You might have heard that the DoJ is suing Hochul and James. This is not quite true. They are being sued in their official capacity. So the Governor, Attorney General, and head of the DMV of New York state are being sued.
What is the suit about?
New York will give a license to illegal aliens. I am not sure how that works, but they do.
The license indicates that the person is an illegal alien. As an illegal alien, they have extra rights under New York law.
In particular, the “Green Light” law requires the DMV to inform the illegal alien anytime the feds request information about them from the DMV.
In 2019, New York amended its Vehicle and Traffic Law to include a provision known as the “Green Light Law.”
See N.Y. Veh. & Traf. § 201.12. The Green Light Law generally bars the sharing of New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) records or information (e.g., addresses, vehicle registrations, identification photos) with federal immigration agencies. See id. § 201.12(a). And it requires New York’s DMV Commissioner to promptly tip off any illegal alien when a federal immigration agency has requested his or her information. See § 201.12(b). As its supporters and sponsors made clear, the Green Light Law was passed to directly impair the enforcement of the federal immigration laws in New York. And those lawmakers have achieved their objective.
See N.Y. Veh. & Traf. § 201.12. The Green Light Law generally bars the sharing of New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) records or information (e.g., addresses, vehicle registrations, identification photos) with federal immigration agencies. See id. § 201.12(a). And it requires New York’s DMV Commissioner to promptly tip off any illegal alien when a federal immigration agency has requested his or her information. See § 201.12(b). As its supporters and sponsors made clear, the Green Light Law was passed to directly impair the enforcement of the federal immigration laws in New York. And those lawmakers have achieved their objective.
Things are happening.
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6 responses to “The United States of America v. New York State”
Just like the toddlers they are, leftists (not liberals, those firmly on the left side of the aisle) cannot… no.. they will not differentiate between good and bad. Doing so would equates to an admission that discrimination is acceptable. And, I am not talking about racism/sexism/etc… I am talking about identifying that one thing is better than another similar thing.
Which leads to this type of action.
All things are not equal. All people are not equal. All immigrants are not equal. But, the woke cannot allow themselves to acknowledge that. Instead, they will diminish the greater in order to make it equate the lesser. Natural born US Citizens are in their world equal to legal immigrants, and illegal aliens. (It is why the sign says No Human Is Illegal) Saying that this person is breaking the law is an admission the person is lesser than the law abiding.
Next step is sanctuary cities/states, and laws like this where the Government actively alerts criminals they are being targeted. Why? Because saying illegal aliens have broken the law would be discriminating against them.
The sooner we get rid of this woke crap the better.
they will not differentiate between good and bad. Doing so would equates to an admission that discrimination is acceptable.
It also requires an admission that there is an external, objective measure of “good” vs “bad” — or “good” vs “evil”, if you like.
We used to teach that kind of moral objectivity. The Left doesn’t like it because: 1. It’s typically grounded in Judeo-Christian or other “traditional” religious values, and not the morally-fungible Church of State the Left worships; and 2. It makes clear that 99% of the Left’s agenda is 100% evil.
“It also requires an admission that there is an external, objective measure of “good” vs “bad” — or “good” vs “evil”, if you like.”
Absolutely correct.
Paging Harrison Bergeron … Equalizer General for Bergeron on line 1.
(Should have been a reply to CBMTTek…)
So basically, the federal DoJ is suing top-level figures in NY State for making “aiding and abetting” and obstruction of federal investigations official State policy.
Good. I see nothing wrong with this.
I’d say do Oregon next, but Oregon’s “Sanctuary State” law just mandates state employees deny and document requests for information; it doesn’t require the additional step of tipping off the subjects of investigations. It also contains an exception for judicial warrants. “Not helping” doesn’t equate to “obstructing”, especially since compliance is still required for judicial warrants.
Perhaps instead of suing NY, they should deliver all the criminals they were going to deport to NYC and Albany. And, cut any Federal funding associated with law enforcement and education.
If helping illegal aliens is so great, let NY do it.