Inaction on driver's licenses threatens ID use

SalemNews.com, ^ | February 8, 2014 | Sean Horgan

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State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr yesterday repeated his insistence that Gov. Deval Patrick bring Massachusetts into compliance with the 2005 federal law stiffening requirements on the issuance of driver’s licenses before Bay State residents are prevented from using their licenses as IDs for everyday acts, such as when boarding airplanes or entering some federal facilities.

Massachusetts remains one of 12 states not in compliance with the law that was passed in the aftermath of 9/11 and is aimed at strengthening the integrity of states’ driver’s licenses and state-issued identification — most specifically by demanding that states verify citizenship before issuing the licenses.

“That doesn’t mean that our driver’s licenses won’t be valid in Massachusetts as a driver’s license,” Tarr said yesterday. “But it means the federal government no longer has to accept them, as of April, for identification purposes. It means a lot, in my opinion, that a federal agency wouldn’t recognize a Massachusetts driver’s license.”

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“It’s a matter of public safey,” Tarr said. “It’s a matter of convenience and it’s a matter of Massachusetts citizens being recognized in the same way that citizens in the rest of the country will be after April.”..public safety,” lately it always comes down to a matter of publio safety..They sure do not feel like securing the border is matter of public safety.But do agree in part a matter of convenience to accommodate illegal granting them licenses.So when is Massachusetts,going to pass laws for American crooks as matter of public safety and convenience ? And help crooks with their crimes.We do want to be fair.Now don't we ?

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I am close enough to the issuing of RealID cards to know that it is a king-sized mess.

If you want a federally recognized ID, get a passport. Then you’ll just need a driver’s license for driving, purchasing real Actifed type products, and buying a beer in a backwater.

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To be fair shouldn’t Americans get licenses like illegals can whom lived state more than a year and only need to furnish utility bill, rental lease, or similar document.?

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Yes, it seems that’s possible to do in more than 12 states. Are the DMV employees simply looking the other way, or is there something here I don’t understand?

[Dr. Sivana]

Are the DMV employees simply looking the other way, or is there something here I don’t understand?

In states with RealID, you have an option to just get a non-RealID license, and save yourself some headaches. I suspect that is what the illegals are getting.

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