No Sympathy Here

So if you're driving along with no valid driver's license and a cop pulls you over, what can reasonably be expected to happen? Get a ticket, maybe go to jail, and you will almost certainly have your car impounded. This is pretty much normal everywhere that I'm aware of.

But in California, some Hispanics are complaining because the undocumented immigrants (also known as illegal aliens) are having their vehicles get impounded when the cops pull them over. They complain that they have to have documentation in order to get a license.

Of course! If you're here illegally why should the state grant you the privilege of driving legally? Obeying of the law is not an a la carte option. You have to obey them all. It isn't right to ignore the immigration laws while complaining about not being able to drive legally.

And if you get busted for driving without a license, whatever the reason for not having it, you have to have a reasonable expectation of paying a penalty, which includes the impounding of your car.

This isn't a racial matter. It's a matter of law enforcement. If the city is really "99.9% Hispanic" doesn't it kind of follow logically that the vast majority of people stopped and/or arrested will be Hispanics. Doesn't really matter what the race of the cops is. With that many Hispanics, they're going to be the most commonly detained.

If there was a real racial issue at play here, I might feel differently. But I have absolutely no sympathy for the argument that undocumented immigrants are having their cars impounded simply because they're Hispanic. I don't buy it. Their cars are being impounded because they're acting in an illegal manner.

Crying racism when it doesn't exist = crying wolf.