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Illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses in New York.(Inside Track)(Brief article)

The New American

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New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is going forward with his plan to allow driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, but the plan has undergone several transformations since first being proposed. New York is the fourth state to reach an agreement on federally approved "secure licenses," following Arizona, Vermont, and Washington.

The original Spitzer plan, praised by self-described immigrants' rights groups--but highly criticized by New Yorkers opposed to giving any legal recognition at all to illegal immigrants--would have simply turned a blind eye to the immigration status of anyone applying for a New York driver's license.

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Spitzer said that his revised, three-tier license plan, announced on October 27, "will usher in the most secure licensing system in the nation." But the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported the next day that ...

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