AP Enterprise: More immigrants getting licenses (No thanks to Washington, New Mexico and Utah)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/13/10 | Tim Korte and Manuel Valdes

[NormsRevenge]

BURIEN, Wash. – Carlos Hernandez packed up his family and left Arizona after the state passed its sweeping immigration crackdown. The illegal immigrant's new home outside Seattle offered something Arizona could not: a driver's license.

Three states — Washington, New Mexico and Utah — allow illegal immigrants to get licenses because their laws do not require proof of citizenship or legal residency. An Associated Press analysis found that those states have seen a surge in immigrants seeking IDs in recent months, a trend experts attribute to crackdowns on illegal immigration in Arizona and elsewhere.

"It's difficult being undocumented and not having an identification," said Hernandez, of Puebla, Mexico. "You can use the Mexican ID, but people look down on it." An American driver's license is also a requirement for many jobs.

[rodguy911]

What makes him think he’s “undocumented”? He’s ILLEGAL !! What is so hard to understand about that!!!

[rodguy911]

Same in Fla. My wife has to renew her license next month and the list is a mile long of what she needs to bring! Everything from BC to marriage licenses to you name it.

[NormsRevenge]

All just part of CSR .. Comprehensive Society Reform .. or if you prefer, Commie Socialist Regime