KERRY RUNNING TO BUSHS RIGHT ON LANGUAGE AND IMMIGRATION?
[Jim Boulet Jr.] John Kerry bravely told the Spanish-language network Telemundo that he opposes state laws which give driver’s licenses to illegal aliens: “I think that driver’s licenses are part of the legality of being here.” Kerry’s stance is remarkable, given that President Bush’s own brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush strongly favored giving illegal aliens driver’s licenses because “once they’re here, what do you do? Do you say that they’re lepers to society? That they don’t exist? It seems that a policy that ignores them is a policy of denial.” The politics of this issue strongly favor Kerry’s view, not Jeb Bush’s. Former California Governor Gray Davis lost his office in part because of his endorsement of driver’s licenses for illegal aliens.
