According to the Los Angeles Times, an estimated 605,000 licenses were issued last year under Assembly Bill 60, the measure passed last year that grants the right to a California driver's license to people in the country illegally. The figure accounts for almost half...
Undocumented Drivers
DMV to Speed Licensing of Undocumented Drivers
California's controversial A.B.60 licensing program-allowing undocumented motorists to obtain valid driver's licenses-is experiencing the problems of success. Six months into the new law, the DMV has received about 642,000 applications and issued about 341,000...
DMV Accepts More Documents for AB60 Licenses
DMV has made it easier for motorists to get licenses under the so-called undocumented motorist program established by Assembly Bill 60. As of June 30, 2015, the California Department of Motor Vehicles will begin accepting:California residency documents that are issued...
Undocumented Drivers Face 6 Months’ Wait
Undocumented drivers in Illinois are facing wait times of up to six months-just to get an appointment. Others are driving hours to find an office that can help them more quickly. The Illinois General Assembly passed the undocumented drivers law back in 2012, hoping to...
Undocumented Drivers Get Support from Hillary Clinton
The push for granting driver's licenses to undocumented drivers got a boost this week when Hillary Rodham Clinton's spokesman announced that the candidate now supports issuing driver's licenses to undocumented drivers. The announcement reverses a rather embarrassing...
Feds reject design for undocumented immigrant licenses
The Department of Homeland Security has rejected DMV's first design effort for a driver's license card for undocumented immigrants, the L.A. Times reported today. The Feds say the design is too close to that used by citizens, and the decision sends the design back to...
DMV Holds Public Hearing on Undocumented Immigrant Licenses
Last night more than 250 people packed into the Bell Community Center for a hearing about the new Immigrant Driver's License law to go into effect next year. State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and DMV officials, including Assistant Chief Counsel Brian...
DMV Holds Public Hearing on Undocumented Immigrant Licenses
Last night more than 250 people packed into the Bell Community Center for a hearing about the new Immigrant Driver's License law to go into effect next year. State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and DMV officials, including Assistant Chief Counsel Brian...