Doyle open to creating driver cards for immigrants






May 29, 2009 6:15 PM ET

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle seems open to a plan to allow illegal immigrants to qualify for cards giving them permission to drive.

The Legislature's budget committee approved the plan early Friday. It would allow illegal immigrants who pass the required tests to receive driver's cards.

The cards would look different from driver's licenses and say in bold letters they could not be used for other official purposes.

Doyle says the public should want to make sure drivers have "some basic qualifications to drive."

But he also says he has to look further at the plan before deciding whether to sign it into law.

Some law enforcement officials say the plan would make roads safer and help officers identify suspects.



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