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From 2002 to 2019, illegal immigrants were not eligible for driver's licenses in New York. Although there is nothing in New York law that mandates legal status to acquire a standard driver's license, a 2002 executive order issued by then-Governor George Pataki established a regulation that effectively bars illegal immigrants and other ...
Following the State Senate's vote, Spitzer revised his plan again, proposing the issuance of a third type of driver's license. [18] This driver's license would be available only to United States citizens who are New York State residents, and would be valid for crossing the Canada–US border. [18] Spitzer also announced that the expiration ...
Of the immigrants in the state, about three million live in New York City. [1] The number of immigrants living in New York City increased only slightly from 2000 to 2011, with an increase from 2,871,032 to 3,066,599 residents being born outside the United States. [3]: 10 A 2007 report by Fiscal Policy Institute estimated there were 535,000 ...
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as she announces an immigration enforcement action during her first press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 12, 2025.
Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., issue driver's licenses to immigrants who are in the country illegally, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Illinois also has protections allowing anyone, regardless of immigration status, to get a driver's license. Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office in 2023, inherited a migrant crisis his first year. Short on shelter space, Chicago’s leaders used police station lobbies, airports, parked buses and hotels to house asylum-seekers.
Trump's new government picked two of the country's largest cities, Chicago and New York City, for highly publicized arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency within the Department ...
One of the main goals of the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License was to create national standards based on best practices for driver's license and ID card issuance that states must meet. The group opposed Governor Spitzer's effort to allow the state of New York to license immigrants regardless of their legal status because that effort would ...