Driver cards repeal gets OK
The measure affecting undocumented immigrants faces challenge in Senate
Jennifer W. Sanchez

HB239 passed a crucial road test in the House on Monday, but it faces a possible roadblock in the Senate.

After an hourlong floor debate on Monday, House members voted 39-35 for the bill, which would repeal driving privilege cards for undocumented immigrants in Utah. HB239 now heads to the Senate, where key lawmakers have praised the driving privilege cards as working as they were designed.

Rep. Glenn Donnelson, a Republican from North Ogden, said the cards are a threat to national security because anyone, including terrorists, can get a federal individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), which is used to get a driving card.

“Utah driver privilege cards are making it possible for illegal aliens to operate in our society,â€