Colorado May Vote on Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants

[struggle4progress]

Published May 23, 2012
EFE

A coalition of immigrants' defense organizations has launched a campaign in favor of Initiative 52, which - if approved in November - would give driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants in Colorado ...

It is necessary for undocumented people to receive the licenses, Sanchez said, because "they are driving anyway," and so "it would be better for the public for those drivers to have licenses and to be able to buy insurance for their cars" ...

Up until 1999, all Colorado residents could obtain driver's licenses or ID cards without regard for their immigration status. But starting in that year, people requesting those documents had to prove that they were in the country legally.

The laws changed again in 2006, when - as part of the so-called "state immigration reform" - new restrictions and requirements were implemented for obtaining the licenses, including, for example, presenting an original birth certificate ...

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/05/22/colorado-may-vote-on-driver-licenses-for-undocumented-migrants/

[loyalsister]

1. Documented or not

isn't it best for all drivers to be licensed and more importantly insured?
I hope this passes and other states do it. I have heard that it is a problem in some areas. Drivers are best served when their peers are insured.