"In late November, the California Legislature repealed a California bill (SB 60), set to go into effect in early January, that would have granted undocumented immigrants access to driver’s licenses. Senator Gil Cedilla (D-Los Angeles), author of SB 60, spearheaded the Democrats’ support of the bill’s repeal. Mr. Cedilla made clear, however, that he plans to work with Governor Schwarzenegger to modify the bill in a way that would assuage some of Governor’s stated concerns. Mr. Cedilla has stated that he aims to introduce a revised version of the bill in January.
AILA believes that granting immigrants access to driver’s licenses will increase their incentive to seek driver’s education and insurance, thus making our roads safer. Granting these individuals access to driver’s licenses also will discourage the need to use fraudulent documents, essentially bankrupting the fraudulent document cottage industry and making us all safer from those who want to do us harm."
