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If Gerardo Alfredo De Luna needs to give up his driver’s license and get a driving authorization card, he’ll do it. But he says he will not give up his fingerprints to a law enforcement agency to get such a card. Continue Reading
It doesn’t matter whether we call the driving option for people who don’t prove citizenship or legal status a license or a privilege card, Heath Haussamen writes. Let’s move on to more substantive issues. Continue Reading
Democrats and Republicans are now closer than they ever have been to solving the issue. But there’s a sticking point: A provision requiring fingerprints of an applicant seeking a driving privilege card. Continue Reading
With Tuesday’s amendments, House Bill 99 would allow people who don’t prove citizenship or legal status to obtain two-year renewable driving privilege cards — instead of having to renew annually — and wouldn’t require fingerprinting. Continue Reading
We always need to do these projects with the five “rights:” the right people, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way. Continue Reading
The remainder of the 2016 legislative session is likely to be dominated by the Democrat-controlled Senate stalling or killing many of the governor’s pet bills — and House Republicans blasting the Democrats for doing so. Continue Reading
A state Senate panel will hear four proposals Tuesday that aim to make New Mexico driver’s licenses compliant with the federal Real ID Act. Continue Reading
It’s now the job of state lawmakers in Santa Fe to do what we can to help New Mexicans get the documents they need to travel by air. Continue Reading
A major sticking point is the Republican plan to create driving privilege cards for undocumented immigrants, who currently can apply for a regular driver’s license. Continue Reading
Deliberations in the current legislative session will lead to a better solution if the governor drops the dishonest rhetoric. Continue Reading
A day after state leaders continued their political bantering about New Mexico driver’s licenses, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it will stop accepting the state’s licenses as valid forms of ID to get onto bases nationwide. Continue Reading
Among the issues that will be considered are the budget, bringing New Mexico driver’s licenses into compliance with the federal REAL ID Act, campaign and ethics reform, public safety, and economic development. Continue Reading
Topics included compliance with the federal REAL ID Act and driver’s licenses for immigrants without legal status, ethics and campaign finance reform, economic development, and Spaceport America. Continue Reading
White Sands Missile Range announced Monday that it will no longer consider a New Mexico driver’s license a valid form of identification to get visitors onto the base. Continue Reading
I will never give up hope that New Mexico can catapult itself to the top of the lists on which we are currently at the bottom. Continue Reading