Reuters / Yahoo News: Unauthorized immigrants line up for California driver's licenses [I recall when the news services, like AP, announced they would no longer be usiing the 'disrespectful' term 'illegals,' which makes our Soviet Union-like news outlets all the more comically Orwellian, sort of like reporting on 'unauthorized' ATM withdrawals. And if they are 'unauthorized' to be in the US, how are they 'immigrants'? --tma]

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Unauthorized immigrants line up for California driver's licenses

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of immigrants lined up to apply for driver's licenses in California under a law that went into effect on Friday, making the most populous U.S. state the latest to expand the privilege to people in the country illegally.

To handle the crush of new applicants, the Department of Motor Vehicles created special processing centers at four former businesses: a grocery store, a large dry cleaner, a movie theater and a restaurant.

As of 3 p.m. local time, some 11,000 people had applied for licenses under the law statewide, said DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez.

The law's backers say they expect an estimated 1.4 million driving age immigrants to apply for licenses over the next three years. Between 2 million and 3 million unauthorized immigrants are believed to live in California, making them the nation's largest such population. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/unauthorized-immigrants-line-california-drivers-licenses-040623815.html