Immigrant Driver's License Debate

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Immigrant Driver's License Debate
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Republican Jim Barnett is telling voters that illegal immigrants won't get driver's licenses if he's elected governor. But Governor Sebelius says a federal law prevents such a policy anyway.

Barnett has highlighted his stance in TV ads. He has criticized Sebelius for her support in 2003 of an unsuccessful Kansas legislative proposal to allow illegal immigrants to obtain licenses.


But a Sebelius spokeswoman says the Democratic governor's past position isn't relevant because of the federal law. And she says it's incorrect to suggest that Kansas could issue licenses to illegal immigrants.

A spokesman for Barnett says the federal law punishes states starting in 2008 if they issue licenses to illegal immigrants, but it doesn't ban the practice.










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