We all know Mayor Newberry, Tom Blues, Peggy Henson and others support ID cards and expanded benefits for illegal aliens. Hopefully we stop lexington from following in the footsteps of San Francisco.
A San Francisco Superior Court judge today ruled that the city’s plan to issue municipal identification cards to residents regardless of immigration status does not violate state and federal law. Judge Peter Busch tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Immigration Reform Law Institute of Washington D.C. on behalf of four San Francisco residents who argued the program would amount to aiding and abetting illegal immigration. The ruling was a victory for city officials looking to implement the ID card program, which the Board of Supervisors approved in November but Mayor Gavin Newsom put on hold in August to make sure it complies with state and federal laws. Newsom’s move came after a series of Chronicle articles explaining how the city regularly shielded young illegal immigrants from deportation after they were found guilty of felony crimes. That practice has since been stopped.