No compromise on NM driver's license bill [3:30 p.m.]

Posted: 02/03/2012 03:25:11 PM MST

SANTA FE — The House Judiciary Committee could not reach a compromise on whether illegal immigrants should continue receiving New Mexico driver's licenses.

The committee chairman, Rep. Al Park, predicted that the session will end Feb. 16 without a change in current law.

It allows residents of New Mexico to receive driver's licenses, regardless of immigration status. The committee soon will vote on a bill to repeal the licensing law. But Park said that measure will never clear the state Senate.

No compromise on NM driver's license bill [3:30 p.m.] - Farmington Daily Times