Is Driving a privilege or civl right volation is there any reason to trust the open borders lobby now?

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Police roadblocks to remove unlicensed drivers challenged From wire service reports

A controversial police technique to remove unlicensed drivers from the roads is being challenged on civil rights grounds, and another federal court decision is expected soon, it was reported today.

Police across California are using temporary roadblocks to find unlicensed drivers, and impound their cars. But Latino rights groups say that practice is discriminatory and aimed at undocumented workers, who are unable to pay for their cars' steep impound fees.

Los Angeles and Orange counties have joined several other agencies in supporting a state law that requires cars driven by unlicensed or uninsured motorists to be impounded on the spot, and towed to a storage yard.

Three civil rights law firms have sued several agencies, including the City of Los Angeles, for impounding cars owned by illegal aliens, who are barred by state law from getting drivers licenses. The suit claims that Latinos are being singled out in an unconstitutional, sweeping move that violates constitutional protections against unreasonable police conduct against all persons, not just U.S. citizens.

``We've heard a lot of complaints from the Latino community,'' said Bill Flores, a San Diego County Latino organizer, in an interview with the Oceanside North County Times. He noted that the impound fees of $1,500 must be added to towing and administrative fees that can go above another $400.

The groups argue that the cars should be parked safely and the motorists cited, so the cases can be heard in court. Some licensed drivers have lost their cars when they could not find their insurance documents at the roadblocks, or if they lent the car to an unlicensed driver, and could not afford to get them out of impound.

But the government attorneys argue that state law is aimed at protecting the public by removing the cars driven by unlicensed, uninsured drivers from the streets immediately. http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/8659077.html
Driving is a privilege, NOT a civil right. If the idiots had such an arguement, all drunk drivers would be released tomorrow.
Guess they Better ban the DUI checkpoints too.
Of course, these laws ONLY apply to law abiding citizens. They don’t apply to anyone else. This may sound twisted, but sadly it seems to be true. Increasingly, there seem to be different sets of laws for different groups.

Answer 1

Notice how temporary roadblocks didn't become a civil rights issue until it began to affect illegal aliens. No one protested when only American drivers were caught driving without licenses or insurance, well, excluding Paris Hilton. (Snicker).
Law is law and in place for the protection of society. This is just another example of illegal aliens disdain of our law and their arrogance in believing they are above it's reach.
Driving is a privilege, not a right and carries much responsibility. I think taking illegal aliens cars is a good use of forfeiture law.

Answer 2

Well, if you do not have a license its not a privelige or a right , its a crime.
And the lawsuits are empty if they cant prove that illegals are breing singled out... and if they are pulling over at random then they arent being singled out.

I think its a good move... auto insurance costs are high because of uninsured and unlicensed drivers causing accidents that no one can recoup the costs for.
Not to mention people being killed by often un instructed people driving on the roads like that.

Answer 3

Legally, driving is privilege which can be regulate or removed. However, it is a vested privilege once a person has gotten their drivers license, so due process rules apply.

That being said, if I were filing the suit, I would challenge the seizure (and fines for return) of the vehicle as applied for those later determined to have been not guilty of any offense for which the car was impounded.

So, the person who lost their cars when they could not find their insurance documents would not be required to pay anything, and would be able to recover rental costs because the police were wrong in the seizure.

It's not a racial issue, because it applies to all people driving illegally -- and that's a perfectly valid regulatory line.

Answer 4

I think america needs to fix america by hiring more border patrol and inland enforcement to deport illegals. This will create jobs and open jobs held by these criminals. We can pick our own vegetables,cut our own grass, buss our own tables, hang drywall,etc..Close borders and let them know america is only hiring americans. It will cost less since schools wont have to have transelators. Give me a break teach the children english.Anyway Americans are treated like crap by mexican officials, we treat them humanly. I guess that makes us better so let them tape it. Just dont let them work or live here.

Answer 5

I think they should only be sued if Latinos are the ONLY group being affected. If there are any other groups getting there cars impounded then it can't be said the law is racist.

Answer 6

Driving is a privilege. You have to follow the rules to get a license. Illegal aliens in CA don't have this privilege! They are not suppose to be driving! That's the law.

Answer 7

driving is a priviledge. we need to start enforcing the laws in this country. illegal is illegal to me. Stories like this really get to me. There is no reason anyone should argue against a law which is there to help ensure the owner is a legal us citizen...

Answer 8

Now I know if I say something, "Only if there driving back to mexico" I'll get some thumbs up right? How about you rednecks start a new topic like, What kind of Tobacco wont **** my teeth up? Just for shits and grins, let's see how that works?

Answer 9

Driving is a privilege, not a right. If you're driving without a license, you are breaking the law: end of story. Don't whine about discrimination, if it's wrong it's wrong and it doesn't matter what color you are.

Answer 10

No. Of course, not! Don’t you KNOW the ONLY rights you have are those specifically given to you in the Constitution as written in the 18th Century!

Oh, Wait. The Constitution only listed the Government’s powers...and reserved the rest for the PEOPLE....