DMV Overwhelmed First Day Illegal Aliens Apply for Driver’s Licenses

Hundreds of [illegal aliens] from across the five boroughs braved wintry weather and stood in hours-long lines to take advantage of a new state law giving them the “green light” to obtain driver’s licenses.

Ivan Blanco arrived at the DMV office in Flushing, Queens, at 8 a.m. Seven hours later, he was on his way to being approved for a standard state driver’s license under the new Green Light Law, which allows all New Yorkers over the age of 16 to apply for a standard, non-federal license or learner’s permit regardless of their citizenship or legal status. . .

Applicants must still get a permit and pass a road test to qualify for a standard driver’s license.

The measure withstood several legal challenges from upstate Republicans and threats from defiant county clerks in charge of some DMV offices who claimed the law is dangerous and puts them in a precarious spot.

New York previously allowed licenses to be given to migrants in the country illegally before the practice was halted by then-Gov. George Pataki in 2001. (Read more from “DMV Overwhelmed First Day Illegal Aliens Apply for Driver’s Licenses” HERE)

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