No license in Michigan for legal aliens

[sidpri]

As per this, looks like MI requires permanent legal residence status to issue a driver's license. Talk about wierd

If this is indeed true, this will bring down MI economy even more. Its time they learn to make a distinction between legal and illegal aliens

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127--183894--,00.html

 

[sidpri]

I see there is already a thread for this

http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=272862. Please follow that thread

 

[sidpri]

I expected more outrage on this. Does this not have a big impact ? It does not also talk about renewals, no one knows what the process will be for renewals for people who are not permanent residents. And this does not impact only asylees/refugees, it affects people who are here for work on H1/L1/Student status.

This way there is only one way MI economy can go, DOWN

 

[TheRealCanadian]

State lawmakers appear to have fixed this issue pretty quickly:

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Feb14/0,4670,ImmigrantDrivers,00.html

 

[simsd]

That's how messed up the system is. Even the state attorney General doesn't understand the immigration process and the issues about people living here under different permits.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

That's how messed up the system is. Even the state attorney General doesn't understand the immigration process and the issues about people living here under different permits.

Let's be fair to the Michigan AG. It's not a question of not understanding the law - if the laws of the State of Michigan are worded in such a way that only permanent residents and citizens are eligible for a license, then the AG would be acting in an unlawful manner if she stated anything different. It's pretty obvious that the AG did not make a mistake - since if she did the Legislature would not have needed to amend the law.