VA Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Aliens.

Virginia Senate advances bill allowing driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/polit...nts/index.html

Quote:

Virginia's Democratic-controlled Senate has passed legislation that would grant temporary driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. The measure, SB 34, which passed on a near-party-line vote of 22-18, would allow taxpaying Virginians who can prove their identities and that they know how to drive to obtain one-year driver's permits.

SB 34 text is here in part; https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/leg...201+ful+SB34S2

Quote:

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A and the provisions of §§ 46.2-330 and 46.2-345, an applicant who presents in person valid documentary evidence of (i) a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status for entry into the United States, (ii) a pending or approved application for asylum in the United States, (iii) entry into the United States in refugee status, (iv) a pending or approved application for temporary protected status in the United States, (v) approved deferred action status, or (vi) a pending application for adjustment of status to legal permanent residence status or conditional resident status, that a federal court or federal agency having jurisdiction over immigration has authorized the applicant to be in the United States may be issued a temporary limited-duration license, permit, or special identification card.

What am I missing here? Anyone who is authorized to be in the USA cannot be considered undocumented, or can they?

I think this claim by Terry Austin is complete nonsense though;

Quote:

"This license can be taken as the person is a citizen of the United States," Austin said. "This could misrepresent an individual's identity and compromise the safety in the United States."

For example my wife is a Thai national. She has a military ID and a driver's license. These ID's do not in any way indicate that she is an American citizen.

I think the reporter that wrote this article has no idea what they are talking about.

Ranb

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