Lawmaker gives up campaign for illegal-immigrant licenses

By Michael Gardner
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE

June 26, 2007

SACRAMENTO – Under intense pressure from various flanks, Sen. Gil Cedillo yesterday abruptly halted his latest campaign to provide illegal immigrants with the ability to obtain driver's licenses.

Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, revealed the surprise decision during a hearing before the Assembly Transportation Committee on a broader measure drafted to comply with the federal Real ID Act's requirements for stricter identification standards for driver's license applicants.
In recrafting Senate Bill 60, Cedillo stripped language that would have allowed a distinguishable “driving onlyâ€