From William J. Kelly…
Chicago, Illinois, December 5, 2012 – It was not the interview Illinois Governor Jim Edgar was expecting when he joined Republican leaders Tuesday for a press conference to support a bill to permit 250,000 illegal immigrants to receive state-issued driver’s licenses.
Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogo (R-Lemont), House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego), Illinois comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, and former Gov. Jim Edgar were in attendance.
The press conference question and answer period with reporters was quickly shut-down after media grilled Illinois lawmaker’s about the bill’s specific provisions and whether, given Illinois’ history of corruption on driver’s licenses, lawmakers can even be trusted to administer such a program.
The upshot: Illinois lawmakers admitted during the news conference there were “no guarantee” illegal immigrants would be insured to drive, which was the stated basis of the legislation. …
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