More than half of California driver's licenses issued this year have gone to illegal immigrants
More than half of the driver's licenses issued by California in 2015 so far have gone to residents in the country illegally, The Sacramento Bee reports. At the start of the year, the state become the 10th to issue licenses to illegal immigrants. Of 759,000 new licenses, 397,000 have gone to undocumented immigrants.
The law, passed in 2013 with strong support from Democrats and immigrant advocates, was seen as a way to make sure immigrants on the road anyway have proper DMV training and access to car insurance.
Almost half a million people have applied for the new licenses so far, outpacing the DMV's estimate they'd issue 1.4 million over the next three years.
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