http://www.quepasa.com/content/?c=104&id=91331
Phoenix, U.S., January 14, 2003 (EFE)-
The governor of Arizona promised visiting Mexican lawmakers that she would sign legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants in that state to obtain driver's licenses.
Janet Napolitano met with five members of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies' Foreign Relations Committee last weekend, just days before she was scheduled to be sworn in as governor of Arizona.
In 1994, Arizona passed a law prohibiting those without social security numbers from obtaining a driver's license.
Since then, undocumented immigrants have been forced to drive without a license and without auto insurance, which requires applicants to have a valid license.
The legislators also discussed trafficking in undocumented immigrants along the Arizona-Sonora border.
The delegation expressed concern about actions taken by civilian groups that patrol the border.
The deaths in 2002 of more than 100 undocumented Mexican immigrants in the Arizona desert prompted the five lawmakers to travel to Arizona to meet with government officials and human rights activists.
"We're very pleased with the governor's position, and hope that our fellow countrymen can obtain driver's licenses in the very near future," Congressman Efren Leyva Acevedo said.
Granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants was a campaign promise Napolitano made to the state's Hispanic community. EFE
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Aren't Governors supposed to up hold the law? (not that TN's Gov is any better--only a few more days)
Phoenix, U.S., January 14, 2003 (EFE)-
The governor of Arizona promised visiting Mexican lawmakers that she would sign legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants in that state to obtain driver's licenses.
Janet Napolitano met with five members of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies' Foreign Relations Committee last weekend, just days before she was scheduled to be sworn in as governor of Arizona.
In 1994, Arizona passed a law prohibiting those without social security numbers from obtaining a driver's license.
Since then, undocumented immigrants have been forced to drive without a license and without auto insurance, which requires applicants to have a valid license.
The legislators also discussed trafficking in undocumented immigrants along the Arizona-Sonora border.
The delegation expressed concern about actions taken by civilian groups that patrol the border.
The deaths in 2002 of more than 100 undocumented Mexican immigrants in the Arizona desert prompted the five lawmakers to travel to Arizona to meet with government officials and human rights activists.
"We're very pleased with the governor's position, and hope that our fellow countrymen can obtain driver's licenses in the very near future," Congressman Efren Leyva Acevedo said.
Granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants was a campaign promise Napolitano made to the state's Hispanic community. EFE
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Aren't Governors supposed to up hold the law? (not that TN's Gov is any better--only a few more days)
:banghead: 
