Do you like this new law Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles checks its driver's license state ID cards?

Anxiety is rising among local undocumented immigrants who fear they could lose their cars and mobile homes.Some fears may be unfounded.It comes as Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles checks its driver's license and state ID card records with a Social Security database.In November, the bureau sent letters to 206,000 residents whose records didn't match -- a mix of races and situations that included native-born citizens and undocumented immigrants If the mismatches aren't resolved by Jan. 31, licenses and ID cards will be revoked.


And since Nov. 7, the BMV has been checking Social Security records before issuing any new driver's licenses, ID cards, permits or titles to cars and mobile homes. That enforces a rule that has been on Indiana's books since 2001.





But the existing titles to cars and mobile homes won't be affected, BMV spokesman Dennis Rosebrough said.





Then again, advocates ask, how do you drive without a license?





The rumors seem especially strong in the Goshen area, where many immigrants live in mobile homes.





"Every single customer that walks in here talks about it," says Sergio Guajardo, sales manager for the Mexicar used-car lots in Goshen and Ligonier.





The Goshen lot has gone two months without selling a single car to its mostly Latino customers. So Mexicar may decide to close the lot in a couple of months, even though the lot opened six years ago and had decent sales until now, Guajardo says.


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Do you like this new law Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles checks its driver's license state ID cards?
Oh my, some states are actually enforcing our immigration laws. How racist! If you obey our laws, then you have nothing to fear. This mexicar dude sold cars almost exclusively to illegal aliens and now they aren't buying from him. Tough sh*t, dude. Get a legal job. The same thing is happening in businesses in AZ, OK, and GA that catered to illegal aliens; they are losing business and have to close.
Reply:It works for me.
Reply:The federally mandated Real ID act is slowly going into effect in the US. Some states are being slower than others. Some are trying to contest it but it comes down to getting the federal government to give the states more money to implement it. My state is just doing it. But it will be everywhere in the end because IDs from the states that don't comply will be near useless and the feds will withhold money for roads, schools and such.





It works like this....... when you renew your license you show you social security and whatever documents. Even legal residents do not get a new license right then. After everything is checked and it will be either mailed to you or you pick it up.





The thing in the article is an extension of this. If you are legal there are no issues. If not well..... no license. If the social security number is ruled invalid letters will be sent to their employer informing them that they are violating federal law. And what they are saying is that they won't seize your property and you can sell it if you have to.





No license meansno insurance so all are at risk. No car means no way to get to work to pay for things such as car payments or a mortgage. They will probably lose that job anyway. Federal law already says you have to show ID when getting a job. So no license means no job.





So they have every reason to be concerned. Advocates can fight and petition on a local level all they want but it will change nothing. The state is enforcing it's law that has been on the books since 2001. So why now after so long? Because enforcing this now will make it cheaper for the state when they have to enforce the Real ID act.
Reply:'tel you what
Reply:If you are in the country legally there should be no problem in getting a social security card or drivers liscence/I.D card . The criminals who are in the country illegally are the only ones that should worry . If you are in the country illegally you are a criminal and should be deported .
Reply:You mean there are really laws aimed at illegals ?