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Immigrants get warning on driver's licenses
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While tens of thousands of immigrants living in the United States illegally are preparing to apply for a long-sought driver's license in California starting Jan. 2, others are being urged to think twice.
Immigrant advocates say the vast majority should be able to get licenses without trouble, but they want anyone who previously obtained a driver's license under a false name or someone else's Social Security number to speak first with a lawyer, fearing a new application could trigger a fraud investigation.
The same applies to immigrants with a prior deportation order or criminal record because federal immigration officials and law enforcement can access Department of Motor Vehicles data during an investigation.
The advice isn't meant to frighten immigrants from seeking licenses that are meant to make their lives easier — especially because many already risk getting ticketed simply by driving to work or taking their children to school [or taking a calico kitten with a hurt paw on an emergency run to the vet, or driving at top speed, but safely, to warn the next town down the hill that is enjoying a patriotic Fourth of July barbecue and church social that the damn has burst. --tma] ...
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