Swickard: Looking for a sustainable solution to the debate about driver’s licenses

Posted at NM Politcs.net - The debate should be about making it easier to obey the immigration laws than break them as it is now. Look at the incentives for following the law to see if they make sense. To understand this we should think of our standing in the world. Our country has been and is now the beacon of prosperity shining a light of freedom for all people in the world to see. Abraham Lincoln, in his message to Congress in 1862 wrote, “We hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” I am especially in awe of people who come to our country in search of freedom and opportunity. They must leave all they know and love behind for an ideal. Yes, we are a country that contains the ideal of freedom, opportunity and property rights. In many countries the strata in which you are born is the strata you will be in when you die. Not so our country. I am proud of our country as a beacon to all who want the opportunity to work for a better life. We are a big country with enough room for any and all who wish to come. We are made stronger by our immigrants who bring their desire for a better life. Our only requirement is that they do so overtly and legally. We are open to those who want to be free. But to become an American carries the responsibility of our laws. Let no one cheat the American people. Let all who yearn to be free come and join us. Let us defeat those who would tear our laws apart. Read Column

Swickard: Looking for a sustainable solution to the debate about driver’s licenses