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That allowed undocumented immigrants to legally apply for driver's licenses, and the state anticipated as many as 200,000 additional applicants to come forward as a result.
In the first twelve months, a little over 600,000 people in California met all the eligibility requirements to obtain a driver's license. [21] This number continued to increase in the following months. [22] By mid 2017, a little over 900,000 people without proof of legal presence in California obtained a driver's license under the AB 60 law. [23]
This law allows Massachusetts residents who cannot provide proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain a standard driver’s license or learner’s permit if they meet all the other ...
Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, vetoed a bill in 2022 that allowed immigrants without legal status to obtain a state driver's license “because it requires the Registry of Motor Vehicles to issue state credentials to people without the ability to verify their identity.”
In a move some believe is forgiving illegal activity and others say is practical in an imperfect world, undocumented immigrants in California can register for a drivers license starting Friday.
The same year the Model T debuted, Rhode Island became the first state to require both a license and a driver's exam (Massachusetts instituted a chauffeur exam in 1907 and started requiring tests for all other drivers in 1920). Maryland's driver's licenses did not feature photographs until the 1980s. [6]
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 ...
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.