Illegal Immigrants Swamp DMV for California Driver's Licenses
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Thousands of immigrants who are in the United States illegally started lining up on January 2 at Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices across California to apply for driver's licenses. Legislation giving this privilege to illegal aliens (Assembly Bill 60) was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in October 2013, but it just became effective this month.
The Los Angeles Times reported that as of late afternoon on the first day the program became effective, at least 11,000 people had applied for the special licenses. More than 46,000 people statewide applied for special driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants on the first three days, the California Department of Motor Vehicles said on January 6. To apply for the licenses, applicants are required to verify their identities and prove they reside in California, but not that they are legally entitled to remain in the United States. If they pass the required vision, written and driving exams, the applicants will be given special licenses stating that read “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY” in the top right corner of the front of the card, and “not valid for official federal purposes” on the back of the card.
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Customs and Border Protection Documents
Reveal Non-Deportation Policy
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Internal training documents used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and shared by a CBP agent reveal that agents are now receiving guidelines instructing them that the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants in the United States will not now be either detained or deported.
