The big Democrat brains who run California claim to be shocked that so many illegal aliens have shown up to get its reasonably priced drivers licenses, a mere $33 , same as what US citizens pay. Half a million foreign job thieves have gotten the identity documents since January, twice as many as were expected.

Why is that? Either there are many more illegal aliens residing in California than believed or out-of-staters are flocking for cheapie licenses/identification.

Probably both suppositions are true.

Of course easy IDs are a national security threat and a danger to public safety. CIS notes that the 9/11 hijackers had 30 state-issued IDs among the 19 jihadists.

On Monday, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu appeared on Fox News to discuss the DLs convenience for foreign criminals. Wouldnt every Mexican cartel gangster want one? Or several?

STUART VARNEY: What direct threat, what is the risk to you as a law enforcement officer with a flood of illegals getting drivers licenses? BABEU: Here, all of us in law enforcement across the country, this is a concern because this is what we use as government-issued identification proving who a person is and its just half a million you mentioned are licenses that have already been issued just in the last three months. In California they plan to issue one and a half million, and the concern is theres 11 states who are planning to do this, and the FBIs already testified before Congress saying that the consular matricula card thats issued basically to anybody who asks for one if theyre from Mexico, theres no proof that you need to show to verify in fact who you are. . . . In the California law, Stuart, they actually, as a way to incentivize all these illegals to come and apply for this driver’s license, and they expect over 90 percent of all the illegals to do this, as they ease their fears saying they will not share any of the data, any of the personal information about the person coming forward with any other government agency. That should be alarming to all of us. . . . This [license] has now become a right or an expectation for all these illegals now under Obama to say, hey, this is their right to have a license issued, not a privilege as it always has been.

Its curious that the state bureaucrats thought the illegals would come gradually over a couple years to get their licenses: its the key to the kingdom of free stuff, trouble-free travel and guaranteed no deportation. Of course the moochers are going to mob the DMVs to grab their cheap licenses ASAP. Its amnesty.