Senate panel passes bill to extend licenses to illegal immig
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Senate panel passes bill to extend licenses to illegal immigrants
By JENNIFER COLEMAN, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, May 19, 2005
(05-19) 15:54 PDT SACRAMENTO, (AP) --
The latest attempt to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants in California cleared a Senate committee on Thursday but with provisions that restrict how the licenses can be used and what they would look like.
The bill, by Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, would bring California into compliance with federal law. The REAL ID Act, signed by President Bush last week, requires states to verify that people who apply for a driver's license are in the country legally.
It also allows states to choose whether to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants as long as they have different markings â€â€