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Some Dems try to undo new driver’s license rules
Texas immigrants complain about policies’ bureaucratic maze to state House panel
By KELLEY SHANNON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 16, 2009, 6:05PM

Blogging politics, elections and the Capitol AUSTIN — Some Democratic lawmakers joined by Texas residents who have had trouble getting drivers’ licenses under new Department of Public Safety rules pushed Monday for legislation that would undo a policy they say harms U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.

Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, of San Antonio, said the DPS overstepped its authority by creating new identification rules last fall for drivers’ license applicants without getting approval from the Legislature.

“It’s far-reaching, it’s completely uncalled for and it’s completely unnecessary,â€