LAT: Illegal Immigrant (driver's) License Bill Advances in California

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Illegal Immigrant License Bill Advances
By Nancy Vogel, Times Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO — After a late-night debate on the politically sensitive issue of immigration, the California Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to extend driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

The measure would clear the way for California to create a distinct driver's license, with a unique design and color, for people who cannot prove legal citizenship in the United States. The license could be used only for driving and would not be valid identification for other purposes such as opening a bank account or boarding an airplane.

The bill, SB 60 by Sen. Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), would also allow roughly 800,000 people in California who have applied to federal immigration officials for legal residency to get a California driver's license starting as soon as March 2006.

The bill passed 42 to 34.

Cedillo's bill passed the Senate in June on a 22-16 partisan split. Now the Senate is expected to approve recent amendments and send it to the governor, who is under pressure from Republicans to veto the measure....


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-license8sep08,0,1620010.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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1. The Terminator will terminate this bill

Its DOA = Dead on Arrival