Pink NC

From Yahoo:

"Pink stripe on NC illegal immigrant licenses eyed"

A new North Carolina driver's license set to be issued to some illegal immigrants has a bright pink stripe and the bold words "NO LAWFUL STATUS," raising concerns about whether the design will brand those who show it. The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles announced last week they would begin issuing the licenses March 25 following a lengthy legal review. The Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants valid federal work permits to qualified applicants brought to the U.S. as children without legal authorization. Almost from the moment President Barack Obama announced the program in June, states across the country grappled with how and whether to issue driver's licenses to those granted legal presence. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has said it is up to officials in each state to make their own determination about what to do. Many states, such as Oregon and Georgia, have announced that they will grant driving privileges to those eligible. In Arizona, where Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has pledged that DACA youths will not get driver's licenses, the state's DMV still lists federal work permits among the documents making people eligible for one. The issue is especially politically charged in North Carolina, where current state law ordains a driver's license will be issued to anyone who holds valid federal documentation of their "legal presence" in the United States. The office of the state's Democratic attorney general in an opinion last month said that under federal law, DACA participants have a "legal presence," even if they do not have "lawful status." Therefore, state law requires that DACA participants be granted licenses. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's administration agreed, announcing last week the DMV would begin issuing the licenses. Among the concerns raised by Brody and other bill sponsors is that illegal immigrants might use their new licenses to access social programs or register to vote, despite the bright pink markings. An extensive 2011 review of the state's 6.4 million registered voters by the N.C. Board of Elections found 12 instances were a non-citizen successfully cast a ballot.

^ All of these new problems are thanks to Obama for making illegals semi-legal instead of deporting them like he should. I agree that states should place a special marking on driver's licenses and other documents stating that they are not really legal, but that because of the President the states are forced to recognize them in certain, but not ALL, circumstances. These people are a special case because they arrived in the country before they were 18 and so the real criminals are their parents who brought them here illegally, but it still doesn't make them legal. Obama helps illegals more than he helps the legal citizens and visitors in this country. It seems whatever he touches (illegal immigration, health care, the budget, furloughs, taxes, etc) turns to stone. I hope that those that voted for him a second time are feeling the gravity of their mistake because the things that those of us who didn't and spoke out against are coming true. It is becoming a "I told you so." I just wish the rest of us didn't have to suffer because of them. I wonder what other "great" things he will mess with and ruin. Has it been 4 years yet? The only good thing is that he is not able to run again - unless of course he decides to change that before he leaves which wouldn't surprise me.  ^

http://news.yahoo.com/pink-stripe-nc-illegal-immigrant-licenses-eyed-204800831.html