Illegal supporters demand tutition breaks, license in Wisconsin.

Same old arguments that illegals should be given the same privileges as the rest of the population who are legal under the guise of safety. Also throw in the threat of alienating the growing Latino voting bloc and it becomes a hostage situation.

Allowing illegal immigrants to qualify for special driver's cards would make the roads safer, reduce insurance rates and generate much-needed revenue for state government, supporters said Monday. Supporters pressed those points at a news conference, a noisy rally outside the Capitol and in meetings with lawmakers as they pushed for Wisconsin to follow Utah in offering the cards. The Legislature's budget committee last month approved a last-minute addition to the state budget to establish the cards and the Assembly approved the plan. The state Senate, however, stripped the provision out of its version of the budget passed last week. Assembly and Senate leaders are expected to begin reconciling their differences in the budget this week. Ortiz-Neumann and others also pressed senators to agree to let illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools if they graduate from Wisconsin high schools. Senators also stripped that proposal from the budget last week. Supporters warned Carpenter and other Democrats who control the Legislature they would alienate the growing bloc of Latino voters if they did not switch their stance on both issues.