Because so many people don’t have proof of citizenship handy. It used to be a pretty free country, you could walk around or ride the bus without having to carry government-issued ID. Now it’s “show me your papers, or you’ll go to prison,” like the poor BMW exec who made the mistake of opening a plant in Alabama. Welcome to big government conservatism.
Illegal immigrants don’t vote, and no scaremongering conservative can even come up with one example, let alone any statistics. Even if they thought they could get away with it, why bring attention to yourself? But there are tens of thousands of citizens who are getting barred by these laws. The real goal is to suppress the vote among the poor and the young, who will be severely punished by the Paul Ryan budget and have the most to lose from GOP misgovernment.
Because so many people don’t have proof of citizenship handy. It used to be a pretty free country, you could walk around or ride the bus without having to carry government-issued ID. Now it’s “show me your papers, or you’ll go to prison,” like the poor BMW exec who made the mistake of opening a plant in Alabama. Welcome to big government conservatism.
Illegal immigrants don’t vote, and no scaremongering conservative can even come up with one example, let alone any statistics. Even if they thought they could get away with it, why bring attention to yourself? But there are tens of thousands of citizens who are getting barred by these laws. The real goal is to suppress the vote among the poor and the young, who will be severely punished by the Paul Ryan budget and have the most to lose from GOP misgovernment.