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    Immigrant driver’s licenses in New Mexico drop to record low

    Immigrant driver’s licenses in New Mexico drop to record low

    By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press - Thursday, June 18, 2015

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The number of newly issued driver’s licenses to immigrants in New Mexico has plunged to its lowest level since the state began granting driving privileges to foreign nationals living in the country illegally, new records show.


    According to state documents obtained by The Associated Press, only 4,577 licenses were issued to foreign nationals in 2014. That’s a 70 percent drop from 2010 - the year before Gov. Susana Martinez became governor and when New Mexico issued more than 15,000 such licenses, the most in a year.


    Records also show the number of licenses issued has been steadily declining since 2010 and fell close to 5 percent from 2013. However, numbers show that renewal from such licenses rose in 2014 by 5 percent.


    Officials do not know how many licenses went to immigrants illegally living in the U.S. because applicants aren’t required to submit information about their immigration status.


    There’s no clear explanation for the drop, and there has been no change to state policy despite efforts by Martinez to repeal the law.


    However, since it passed in 2003, some states have enacted similar driver’s licenses laws.


    New Mexico has issued around 100,000 licenses to foreign nationals, record show.


    And in 2012, President Barack Obama announced an executive action that created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives the young people brought into the United States illegally as children a Social Security number, a two-year work permit and protection from deportation. It opened the door for these young immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses in states.


    Although a few states initially announced that they would deny licenses to those youths, only Arizona and Nebraska ultimately adopted policies to exclude them.


    Nebraska ended the nation’s last ban on driving privileges for young people brought into the U.S. illegally as children, after the Legislature voted last month to override a veto from the state’s new Republican governor.


    Martinez spokesman Mike Lonergan said another drop in newly issued driver’s licenses to immigrants was encouraging news. But he said Martinez remains committed in repealing the state law, which she believes has turned New Mexico into a magnet for criminal activity.


    “This is a serious public safety issue,” Lonergan said. “And the governor believes we must end this dangerous law once and for all.”


    Marcela Diaz, executive director of the Santa Fe-based advocacy group Somos Un Pueblo Unido, said she believed the decrease in new licenses was largely a result of New Mexico’s struggling economy and the lack of jobs.


    “Renewals are going up because people who are residents in New Mexico want to work and live in this state,” she said.


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    Now, the big question? How many of those are continually insured drivers? No one bothers to tell us, probably because they don't track it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kevinssdad View Post
    Now, the big question? How many of those are continually insured drivers? No one bothers to tell us, probably because they don't track it!
    If they don't have insurance New Mexico cancels their registration and takes their plates.

    What happens if I don't get insurance?

    Vehicles that do not have the minimum liability insurance are subject to having that vehicle registration suspended. Registration of your vehicle(s) may be denied or delayed until insurance is obtained. The New Mexico Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act states that an owner of an uninsured vehicle must return the vehicle registration and the license plate to the MVD within ten days of receiving the Notice of Suspension of Registration letter. If the owner does not do so, the owner will be subject to the penalties prescribed by law, including criminal penalties.

    http://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/vehicle-insurance.aspx
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnDoe2 View Post
    If they don't have insurance New Mexico cancels their registration and takes their plates.

    What happens if I don't get insurance?

    Vehicles that do not have the minimum liability insurance are subject to having that vehicle registration suspended. Registration of your vehicle(s) may be denied or delayed until insurance is obtained. The New Mexico Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act states that an owner of an uninsured vehicle must return the vehicle registration and the license plate to the MVD within ten days of receiving the Notice of Suspension of Registration letter. If the owner does not do so, the owner will be subject to the penalties prescribed by law, including criminal penalties.

    http://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/vehicle-insurance.aspx
    GOOD FOR MEXICO'S
    OUR COUNTRY SHOULD DO THE SAME THING WE HAVE THEM KILLING & NO INSURANCE . AT ALL THEY HIT & RUN .I SAY NO DR LIC AT ALL

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