What is Clerk?
by Alan Bedenko / May. 18, 2018 6am EST
Erie County Clerk Michael “Mickey” Kearns says he’s a Democrat, but he’s just another Trumpublican. He is now taking a cue from Sheriff Tim Howard and threatening to disobey state law. Whereas Howard pledged not to enforce the duly enacted New York “SAFE” Act, Kearns is promising to ignore (if enacted) a proposed law requiring NYS clerks to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.
Kearns is Erie County’s clerk; not an Erie County legislator. His job is purely ministerial; he is not given power to set policy, nor is he granted any sort of discretion in performing his duties. His job is to issue licenses, record and file paperwork, and that’s about it. More to the point, there is literally nothing within the clerk’s power that gives him authority over immigration law enforcement.
http://www.dailypublic.com/articles/05182018/what-clerk
It's not even worth debating people on this topic any longer.
Alan,While it’s now politically popular to **** all over immigrants generally—and undocumented immigrants in particular
It is not popular to **** off over immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants are people who have by passed our laws and entered the USA illegally. Correct?
So what is a violation versus a crime?Undocumented immigrants aren’t criminals; lack of proper visa status isn’t a crime, it’s a violation of immigration laws and regulations.
Alan,coming just hours after Donald Trump referred to undocumented immigrants as “animals”, is just pandering to a hateful and xenophobic base.
He was referring to the gang members of ms13.