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密歇根州联邦参议员候选人2018年曾表示，基于证件身份拒发驾照属于歧视
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥 福克斯新闻
发布于 美国东部时间2026年8月3日晚上8:00 | 更新于 美国东部时间2026年8月3日晚上8:45
重新浮出水面的2018年竞选采访内容显示：密歇根州进步派联邦参议员候选人呼吁为非法移民发放驾照
阿卜杜勒·赛义德表示，拒绝向非法入境美国的移民发放驾照属于“歧视”。（图片来源：YouTube/底特律公共电视台 – 2018年7月19日）
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密歇根州联邦参议院民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德曾提议允许非法移民申领驾照，并称不这么做就是歧视。
“我们必须确保在本州不会基于证件身份实施歧视。目前，如果你是非法移民，就无法获得驾照，你会陷入困境，”赛义德在2018年的一次竞选采访中说道。
当时，赛义德正在竞选密歇根州州长。
八年后的今天，他正角逐美国参议院席位，这段重新被曝光的视频披露了赛义德过往关于地方政府应如何与非法移民打交道的观点，也引发了一个疑问：为他们发放州身份证明是否会在某种程度上使其留在美国的身份合法化。
获社会主义势力支持的密歇根州联邦参议员候选人在称热爱美国后，将美国政治称为“一种疾病”
2026年7月18日，密歇根州联邦参议院民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德在底特律歌剧院举行的“人民对抗强权”集会上发表讲话。（莎拉·赖斯/盖蒂图片社）
“推进美国自由”组织的选举专家汉斯·冯·斯帕科夫斯基解释称，驾照可以作为获取一系列政府福利的敲门砖。
“由于美国不像欧洲和其他国家那样拥有全国身份证，州级驾照就充当了身份证的替代品。向外籍人士发放驾照将在所有需要驾照的场合为他们提供便利，从开设银行账户到各类其他交易，”斯帕科夫斯基说道。
斯帕科夫斯基指出，就业资格文件I-9表通常只需要驾照这类证件即可。
“促使外籍人士自行离境的关键，在于确保他们无法租赁公寓、开设银行账户以及完成所有其他在美国生活和工作所需的步骤，”斯帕科夫斯基说。
“为他们发放驾照，是让他们能够轻松在美国生活和工作的重要一步，”他补充道。
缅因州出台新法律限制警方与联邦移民官员合作
2026年2月21日，密歇根州联邦参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德在密歇根州大急流城拍摄肖像照。（埃文·科布 为《华盛顿邮报》通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
在2018年的视频片段中，赛义德似乎担心非法移民无法享受部分此类便利。
“你无法获得其他所有人都能享有的大量基本服务，我认为这很荒谬，因此我们必须停止这种歧视行为，”赛义德说道。
尽管赛义德拒绝接受“进步派”或“极左翼”这类标签，但他在可负担性、基础设施和公共服务等诸多关键领域主张强化政府主导的施政方针。
他支持“全民医保”，反对企业税收减免，并且支持高等教育免学费政策。当被问及对佐赫兰·曼达尼等候选人提出的增加政府服务供给的承诺有何看法时，赛义德表示，他认为民主党正朝着这个方向发展。
“你肯定能在密歇根州看到这种共鸣。在纽约也出现这种情况，我并不感到意外。政府应该为所有人提供公平的竞争环境，并提供每个人都需要且应得的基本服务，”赛义德在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时说道。
最新民调：惊人比例民主党人自称“民主社会主义者”——“有毒政策”
2026年8月2日，密歇根州联邦参议院民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德在底特律的一场竞选活动中。（）
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赛义德的竞选团队并未立即回应置评请求，未说明政府应在多大程度上为非居民提供部分此类服务。该竞选团队也未回应为非法移民发放驾照是否相当于默许其留在美国境内的问题。
本周二晚间，赛义德将在该州初选中对阵众议员黑利·史蒂文斯。获得民主党提名的候选人将晋级11月3日的大选。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会组的政治记者，此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。
Unearthed video exposes El-Sayed’s opinion on driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
2026-08-03T20:00:46-04:00 / Fox News
The Michigan Senate candidate said in 2018 that denying licenses based on documentation status was discriminatory
By Leo Briceno Fox News
Published August 3, 2026 8:00pm EDT | Updated August 3, 2026 8:45pm EDT
Progressive Michigan Senate hopeful calls for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants in resurfaced 2018 campaign interview
Abdul El-Sayed said that withholding licenses from immigrants who have entered US illegally amounts to ‘discrimination.’ (Credit: Youtube/ Detroit PBS – July 19, 2018)
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, once proposed allowing undocumented immigrants to secure driver’s licenses, making the case that not doing so would be discriminatory.
“We’ve got to make sure that in this state we are not discriminating against documentation status. Right now, if you’re undocumented, you don’t get access to a driver’s license. You’re stuck,” El-Sayed said in a 2018 campaign interview.
At the time, El-Sayed was running for governor.
Eight years later, as he looks to join the U.S. Senate, the resurfaced clip sheds light on El-Sayed’s past thinking about how local governments should interact with illegal aliens and raises questions about whether granting them state identification would in some ways legitimize their presence in the U.S.
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Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
Hans von Spakovsky, an elections expert for Advancing American Freedom, explained that a license can act as a doorway to a range of government benefits.
“Because America does not have a national ID card like the Europeans and other nations, state driver’s licenses are a stand-in for that ID card. Issuing driver’s licenses to aliens will help them in all the instances where a license is needed, from opening bank accounts to all types of other transactions,” Spakovsky said.
Spakovsky noted that I-9 forms, paperwork for employment eligibility, regularly require little else than a license.
“The key to getting aliens to self-deport would be to ensure that they cannot rent apartments, open bank accounts and take all of the other steps necessary to live and work in the U.S.,” Spakovsky said.
“Providing them driver’s licenses is a huge step in allowing them to easily live and work in the United States,” he added.
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Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed poses for a portrait in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.(Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
In the 2018 clip, El-Sayed seemed concerned that illegal aliens would be ineligible for some of those advantages.
“You don’t get access to a lot of the basic things that the state offers everybody else, and I think that’s ridiculous and so we’ve got to stop discriminating that way,” El-Sayed said.
Although El-Sayed has rejected labels like “progressive” or “far-left,” he has advocated for a more government-first approach in many key areas like affordability, infrastructure and public services.
He’s advocated for Medicare for all, opposes corporate tax carve-outs, and he supports tuition-free access to higher education. When asked about promises to increase government provisions by candidates like Zohran Mamdani, El-Sayed said he believes that Democrats will trend in that direction.
“You’re seeing that kind of resonance here in Michigan for sure. And I’m not surprised that you’re seeing that in New York, too. Government ought to be available to set an equal playing field for everybody and to offer those basic things that everybody needs and deserves,” El-Sayed told Fox News Digital in an interview.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan on August 2, 2026()
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El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how far government should go in providing some of those same services to non-residents. His campaign also did not address whether providing licenses for undocumented immigrants would be a tacit approval of their presence in the country.
El-Sayed faces off against Rep. Haley Stevens on Tuesday evening in the state’s primaries. Whoever secures the party’s nomination will advance to the Nov. 3 general election.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.