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Undocumented immigrants can continue driving in Maryland. (Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

Maryland passes bill expanding driver’s licenses for undocumented

By Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally could continue to obtain Maryland driver's licenses under legislation passed Friday by the … Read More

In Fairfax County, Virginia, a voter holds their voting permit and ID card at the Washington Mill Elementary School near Mount Vernon, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. . (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Virginia’s voter ID law – a backdoor poll tax

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Pretty much anything we do is taxed, whether it’s flipping on our cable, making a call on our cell phone or biting into a Snickers bar.  Taxes are … Read More

This image shows a portion of press release distributed by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles which illustrates new driver's licenses for applicants of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. (AP Photo/North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles)

NC scraps proposed pink-striped license for some

By Martha Waggoner and Gary D. Roberston, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina said Thursday it is abandoning its plan to issue pink-striped driver's licenses to certain undocumented immigrants, beset … Read More

In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, supporters of granting illegal immigrants drivers licenses cheer after a House committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Fraud concerns linger over Illinois license law

By Regina Garcia Cano and Michelle Janaye Nealy, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) -- As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to give undocumented immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about … Read More

Javier Contreras, 17, addresses a news conference at the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union headquarters in Detroit, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Contreras and two others are suing the Michigan secretary of state over her refusal to grant driver's licenses to applicants who can stay in the U.S. under a new federal immigration policy. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Dreamers sue Michigan Secretary of State over driver’s licenses

By Ed White, Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — A high school homecoming king and two other people who illegally entered the U.S. as children sued the Michigan secretary of state Wednesday … Read More

Border License

Bill could issue special driver’s license for border-crossers

By Diana Guevara, KNSD, San Diego, California

Jane Juris and her husband drive down from Los Angeles to visit family in Tijuana every two weeks. However, when it comes to crossing the border, they'd rather … Read More

Dream Act driver liscence

Undocumented students happy to see lawsuit against Arizona

By Sam Salzwedel, KVOA, Phoenix, Arizona

Undocumented students are glad to see immigration advocates suing the state of Arizona for denying them driver's licenses. Jessica Garcia is a sophomore at … Read More

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), responds to President Obama’s immigration speech, Friday, June 15, 2012, at the Capitol in Phoenix.

Arizona governor sued over denying young immigrants driver’s licenses

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Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to overturn Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s order denying driver’s licenses for young immigrants … Read More

File picture of Interstate 80/94 at Illinois/Indiana state line, Lansing, Illinois, USA.

Illinois may give driver’s licenses to undocumented

By Mary Wisniewski, nbcnews.com

Illinois may soon become the most populous U.S. state to grant a form of driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, after the nation's growing Hispanic … Read More

Undocumented immigrants, whose deferred action applications are approved, will be able to apply for a drivers license in California.

Deferred actioners will get drivers licenses in California

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Some undocumented immigrants could get California drivers licenses under a bill that Gov. Jerry Brown announced he signed into law … Read More