Push for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants intensifies at Capitol
May 5, 2019. This article details the history of this issue and notes that licenses were obtainable in the state prior to a 2001 order stopping the practice prior to Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The Fiscal Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, earlier this year estimated that 265,000 undocumented immigrants in New York would obtain driver’s licenses if the law is changed. It said 64,000 of those are located north of New York City, including 2,500 from the Buffalo area. It said the state and counties could see $57 million in higher fee revenues if undocumented immigrants are permitted to legally drive.
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Push for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants intensifies at Capitol
May 5, 2019. This article details the history of this issue and notes that licenses were obtainable in the state prior to a 2001 order stopping the practice prior to Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The Fiscal Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, earlier this year estimated that 265,000 undocumented immigrants in New York would obtain driver’s licenses if the law is changed. It said 64,000 of those are located north of New York City, including 2,500 from the Buffalo area. It said the state and counties could see $57 million in higher fee revenues if undocumented immigrants are permitted to legally drive.
Read the article.
Read the report.