US: GA: To seize cars driven by illegals

Loaned cars to be seized?

By Bob Barr | Monday, March 17, 2008, 07:00 AM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution If pending legislation is signed by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, automobile owners in the Peach State may soon run the risk of having their cars seized by the government if they let the wrong person drive them. In yet another example of the state government over-reacting to the problem of illegal immigration, the Georgia House recently passed by a wide margin legislation that would empower the government to seize and forfeit any motor vehicle being driven by a person not lawfully in the country. The Senate is poised now to take it up. While this expansion of the state’s asset forfeiture laws may have surface appeal since it purports to punish illegal aliens, the real victims will be law-abiding citizens who simply lend their vehicles to someone who either may them self have an immigration problem with the feds, or who might happen to then let someone in such a situation use the car to run to the drug store. If this legislation were to become law, perhaps a car owner would be well-advised to ask to see a person’s birth certificate or immigration papers; of course, with so many technical reasons why an immigrant’s paperwork might be in violation of some law or regulation, even reviewing their papers might not shield the car owner from losing their vehicle. Probably better to loan your car only to those who can prove they are bona fide, native born citizens of the United States of America.

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