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The lawsuit claims the Motor Vehicle Division has stopped applicants from obtaining driver’s authorization cards and non-Real ID identification cards even though they met all requirements. Continue Reading
Wasn’t the whole purpose of Real ID to keep out those sneaky foreigners who might do harm to our country? Continue Reading
New Mexico’s two-tiered driver’s license law that Gov. Susana Martinez celebrated as a political victory has been a horror show for ordinary people, Democratic state senators said Thursday. Continue Reading
Advocates fear that programs in a dozen states might be used by a Trump administration to aid deportation goals. Continue Reading
Current New Mexico driver’s licenses and identification cards can most likely be used to enter federal facilities and board domestic flights until Oct. 1, 2020. Continue Reading
New Mexico will continue giving immigrants living here without legal status a way to drive legally. Continue Reading
New Mexico driver’s licenses will once again get people onto military bases and into other federal facilities. Continue Reading
Senate Democrats worked – frequently in a bipartisan way – to do what is best for the people while being fiscally responsible with the taxpayers’ dollars. Continue Reading
For a 30-day session — one during which shifting economic forecasts necessitated a rewrite of the fiscal year 2017 budget — the session of the New Mexico Legislature that ended Thursday was arguably productive. From driver’s licenses to the state’s finances, Democrats and Republicans worked together to find compromise. Continue Reading
Gov. Susana Martinez has said she will sign the bill, which would end a bitter five-year political battle. Continue Reading
New Mexico’s rancorous five-year fight over allowing immigrants without legal status to drive lawfully is within an eyelash of being resolved. Continue Reading
Both Gov. Susana Martinez and immigrant advocates claimed victory after a Senate committee on Friday approved a compromise bill that would allow immigrants without legal status a way to drive legally — and would exempt many of them from a requirement to be fingerprinted. Continue Reading
New Mexico issued the fewest number of new driver’s licenses to immigrants in 2015 since a 2003 law was approved that allows immigrants without legal status to obtain a license, according to statistics released Tuesday. Continue Reading
Even some of Gov. Susana Martinez’s most ardent supporters, including the Albuquerque Journal and the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, have publicly supported the Senate’s amended version of House Bill 99. Continue Reading
Let’s get this done. Then let’s direct all this righteous anger toward a renewed push for sensible immigration reform. Continue Reading