News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Despite feds' pleas, Perry fails to OK ID program

By Brandi Grissom / Austin Bureau

Article Launched: 01/21/2008 12:00:00 AM MST

AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry's continued stalling of a program that would allow Texas border crossers to return from Mexico with a quick swipe of their driver's license has had federal officials frustrated and calling for political help to broker a solution.

E-mails the El Paso Times obtained under Texas open records laws show that U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials for months have been asking Perry to sign an agreement that would allow the state to implement enhanced driver's licenses.

"The Department feels strongly that providing our citizens with secure documents for cross border travel in a familiar format is one of the best options we have," Kathleen Kraninger, director of screening coordination at DHS, wrote in an October e-mail to Perry's staff.

Perry spokesman Robert Black said Texas is close to reaching an agreement with DHS but that doesn't mean the license program will get under way.

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