How open borders turn Americans into roadkill

George Washington Admirer wrote:
> Where's the AAA? Where's MADD?
>
> Although they're both mentioned in the following report I have NEVER,
> EVER seen either one openly confront the TREMENDOUS safety issue
> regarding illegal alien drivers -- many drunk or high -- on our roads,
> and I've been emailing BOTH of them for years regarding it. They need
> to be put on notice that their nauseatingly politically correct "see no
> evil" attitudes regarding illegal alien drivers are costing Americans
> THEIR LIVES.
>
> Teenaged U.S.-citizen drivers (who are responsible for a FRACTION of
> the amount of accidents unlicensed illegal alien drivers are)? Both the
> AAA and MADD are right on top of *THAT* issue.
>
> Elderly U.S.-citizen drivers (who likewise are responsible for a
> FRACTION of the number of accidents that unlicensed illegal alien
> drivers are)? No qualms from the AAA about addressing *THAT* matter,
> either.
>
> I've been a AAA Plus member for years, however, and NOT ONCE has it
> EVER dealt forthrightly with the crisis of the millions of
> oft-homicidal illegal alien drivers wreaking mayhem on OUR roads from
> coast to coast.
>
> Shame on these HYPOCRITES, the AAA and MADD!: Their silence just
> shows that they're more concerned with toxic political-correctness than
> taking action as they should be doing as organizations based on TRAFFIC
> SAFETY ISSUES.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> How open borders turn Americans into roadkill
>
> Illegals drive up highway deaths as U.S. hits
> new highs for unlicensed, uninsured motorists
>
> August 25, 2006
>
> WASHINGTON - Marcos Ramos Medina was driving his 1997 Chevrolet Lumina
> erratically, according to witnesses, swerving several times across the
> center line, causing a tractor-trailer rig to jackknife in Yakima,
> Wash., Aug. 4, 2005.
>
> That was before his car plowed into the 2000 Lexus driven by Peggy
> Keller, 53, dean of distance education at Yakima Valley College, who
> was killed in the head-on crash.
>
> Prosecutors in his vehicular homicide trial contended Medina was coming
> down from a methamphetamine high. When Russell T. "Todd" Sharpe, a
> six-year Washington State Patrol officer, testified that Medina fought
> against his restraints while being taken to the hospital for a blood
> alcohol test and refused to answer questions, the case against the
> Mexican national with a criminal record who had twice been deported was
> declared a mistrial because his constitutional right to remain silent
> had been violated.
>
> "It pains me greatly, but in this case I must exercise an abundance of
> caution," explained Judge James P. Hutton.
>
> Little caution, critics say, is being exercised when it comes to
> preventing mayhem on America's highways as the country witnesses record
> high numbers of unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured drivers - millions
> of whom are illegal aliens like Medina.
>
> While no one - in or out of government - tracks traffic accidents
> caused by illegal aliens, the statistical and anecdotal evidence
> suggests many of last year's 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens.
>
> A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study found 20 percent of
> fatal accidents involve at least one driver who lacks a valid license.
> In California, another study showed that those who have never held a
> valid license are about five times more likely to be involved in a
> fatal road accident than licensed drivers.
>
> Statistically, that makes them an even greater danger on the road than
> drivers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked - and nearly as
> dangerous as drunk drivers.
>
> While police do not routinely ask drivers about their immigration
> status, New York's Rockland County District Attorney Michael Bongiorno
> - who has prosecuted more than 20 felony cases this year involving
> people accused of both unlicensed driving and drunken driving -
> estimated that two-thirds of about 70 drivers charged in Spring Valley
> with misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated and unlicensed
> driving were illegal immigrants.
>
> "Unfortunately, the undocumented drivers here do that (drive
> unlicensed) more than the natives,'' said California Highway Patrol
> Officer Wendy Hahn. "If they've been involved in an incident, they flee
> because they don't want to deal with immigration.''
>
> Federal immigration officials typically do not get involved when an
> undocumented person is charged with drunken driving or driving without
> a license, said Bongiorno and police officials around the country.
>
> While the Census Bureau estimates there are 9 million illegal aliens
> living in the U.S., other sources put the figure closer to 20 million.
> Running parallel to those estimates are the best guesses on the number
> of unlicensed motorists - 17 million.
>
> In addition, the states with the most illegal aliens also have the most
> unlicensed drivers. Those states are also in the lead for the most
> hit-and-run accidents, according to reports issued by the Fatality
> Analysis Reporting System and the Pew Hispanic Center. California ranks
> at the top with 24.1 percent of the known 11.1 million illegal aliens.
>
> The proportion of unlicensed drivers varies widely state-by-state, with
> 6 percent in Maine and 23 percent in New Mexico.
>
> Many of those advocating allowing illegal aliens to get driver's
> licenses make the case by suggesting most unlicensed drivers are so
> because they cannot get a license.
>
> In California, for instance, the Legislature is considering several
> proposals that would help illegal immigrants drive. One of them is a
> bill that would prevent police from seizing vehicles driven by
> unlicensed drivers. Senate Bill 626 by Sen. Nell Soto, D-Ontario, would
> apply to all drivers who have never obtained a California license.
> Opponents point out those favoring the bill are the same people
> promoting licenses for illegals.
>
> 'Under current state law, police can seize vehicles for up to 30 days
> if the driver is unlicensed. Under the new bill, if the driver never
> had a license, the vehicle could be seized for only 24 hours; those who
> had licenses suspended or revoked would still have the vehicles
> impounded for up to 30 days.
>
> Who are the people who have never had a license? Disproportionately,
> critics of the bill say, they are illegal immigrants.
>
> In the Maryland Legislature, Delegate Luiz R.S. Simmons, D-Montgomery,
> is drafting legislation that would stiffen penalties for unlicensed
> drivers. His bill requires them to appear before a judge and would make
> them subject to up to 90 days in jail for a first offense and as much
> as a year for a second offense. In addition, cars belonging to
> unlicensed drivers could be impounded for up to a month or forfeited if
> they were involved in an accident that caused an injury.
>
> Though there is absolutely no government data on the identity of
> Maryland's unlicensed drivers - or those in any other state - Simmons's
> bill has been attacked by immigrant rights' activists, who say it
> targets Latinos.
>
> Whether they are mostly illegal aliens or not, one thing is certain -
> there are more unlicensed drivers on the road than ever before. So
> prevalent is the trend that many police departments have cut back on
> sobriety checkpoints in favor of checkpoints to check the documentation
> of drivers.
>
> A WND statistical study of police reports of dozens of such checkpoints
> around the country show that close to 10 percent of drivers stopped are
> either unlicensed or have suspended licenses. Even at sobriety
> checkpoints, far more drivers are found to be unlicensed than
> intoxicated.
>
> While some say the answer to the illegal alien-unlicensed driver crisis
> is permitting illegals to get licensed, others say the solution is
> decreasing the number of illegal immigrants living in the United States.
>
> Rules determining who is eligible for a driver's license vary by state.
> Eleven states do not require legal immigration status to obtain a
> license. The rest do require proof of legal status, either by state law
> or the documents required to apply. The eleven states a Hawaii,
> Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,
> Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. Tennessee and Utah have
> introduced a separate "certificate for driving" for state residents who
> cannot prove they are lawfully present in the United States. But
> Tennessee stopped issuing the certificates in February after reports
> that undocumented immigrants were coming from out of state and using
> false documents to apply.
>
> The Real ID act, scheduled to take effect in 2008, will prohibit all
> states from issuing licenses to illegal aliens or the licenses will not
> be accepted as identification for federal purposes.
>
> In addition to being unlicensed, most illegal alien drivers are
> uninsured - making the accidents they cause even more injurious.
> Statewide, more than one-third of California drivers are without
> insurance, according to the California Department of Insurance. In some
> low-income and minority neighborhoods, the rate is over 50 percent. In
> San Jose, for instance, 55 percent of all drivers on the road have no
> auto insurance. In some parts of Los Angeles, Imperial, San Diego and
> Alameda counties, the rate reaches as high as 90 percent.
>
> The situation isn't much better in other states with high populations
> of illegals. In Texas, 27 percent of drivers are uninsured. In Florida,
> the estimates are between 15 and 25 percent. In Colorado, 32 percent.
>
> Even though citizens and legal residents are victimized by the high
> percentage of uninsured drivers, illegal aliens themselves are often
> immune to the pain.
>
> Take the case of Victor Manuel Caballero. Even though he entered the
> country illegally from Mexico five years ago, the New Jersey Supreme
> Court ruled earlier this year that he could collect damages for being
> hurt in an auto accident from a special state fund set up to benefit
> those hurt in accidents with uninsured drivers.
>
> Caballero would hitch a ride to his computer job with a co-worker,
> 19-year-old Ricardo Martinez. One morning, Martinez fell asleep at the
> wheel, veered off the road and struck a parked tractor trailer.
> Martinez walked away from the accident, but Caballero was badly hurt.
>
> Surgeons repaired injuries to his abdomen and intestines over a week in
> the hospital at a cost of $38,300 in medical bills and $1,482 in lost
> wages. He had no medical insurance. The driver, Martinez was not only
> unregistered, he had no auto insurance. It turns out he was illegal,
> too.
>
> The $38,300 in hospital bills was paid by a special hospital charity
> fund. And because of his successful lawsuit that went all the way to
> the state Supreme Court, Caballero was eligible for up to $15,000 for
> "pain and suffering."
>
> There are no official statistics about highway carnage and illegal
> aliens. But there is an increasing awareness among law enforcement
> officials - and victims of traffic accidents - that illegal aliens are
> playing a disproportionate role in the road mayhem.
>
> Earlier this month, a court in Chattanooga, Tenn., heard the case of an
> illegal alien convicted of running her car into a house and killing a
> 91-year-old woman. A judge ordered Vitalina Bautista Vargas deported.
> Amazingly, the family of the victim remained compassionate and merciful.
>
> "They wanted one of the conditions to be that she learn how to drive,"
> prosecutor Jay Wood said.
>
> Prosecutor Wood said federal officials insisted that she be deported.
> He said as a convicted felon, she will not be allowed to apply to
> re-enter the country for at least 10 years.
>
> Louella Winton, the victim, was asleep in her bed when the car crashed
> into her house. The vehicle knocked the victim through the bedroom wall
> and threw her against the wall of the house next door.
>
> According to surveys conducted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
> Hispanics believe it takes 6-8 drinks to affect driving, while
> Americans, indoctrinated for years against drunk driving, believe it
> takes just 2-4 drinks.
>
> In 2001, MADD reported 44.1 percent of California's drunk driving
> arrests were of Hispanics, while, officially, they made up just 31.3
> percent of the population.
>
> http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51667
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> http://www.predatoryaliens.com
> http://www.immigrationshumancost.org
> http://www.daylaborers.org
> http://www.newnation.com/index2.html
> "The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather Mac Donald
> http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_...gal_alien.html
> http://idexer.com
> www.AmericanPatrol.com
> www.SaveOurState.org
> www.escapingjustice.com
> www.deputydavidmarch.com
> www.kriseggle.org

This week Bush spent 90 minutes talking to the families of slain GI's.
As well he should. But never a word to the families of those killed by
his beloved "hard-working" illegal aliens.

ted

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> This week Bush spent 90 minutes talking to the families of slain GI's.
> As well he should. But never a word to the families of those killed by
> his beloved "hard-working" illegal aliens.
>

Hard working? Where? At my hotel, they just stand around, gossip and run up
their time.