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Should undocumented immigrants be given a driver license?

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It's a controversial topic, but one California lawmaker is suggesting making driver licenses available to illegal immigrants.

It may seem like a contradiction, issuing state documents to undocumented drivers, but it's exactly what high profile lawmaker Gil Cedillo suggests.

Margaret Siemens has lived in Bakersfield almost all her life.

She's concerned about safety when she's on the road and knows there is a large number of undocumented drivers. “I think allowing people, regardless of their citizenship status, to have a drivers license is a good idea because that means they will be tested and are more likely to be safer drivers which is important to me," she said.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck backs a plan to allow undocumented drivers to obtain licenses. He says, “I believe that we should license undocumented immigrants in the state of California. I think it makes motoring safer, the public safer.”

While undocumented immigrants can't obtain a driver license, they are able to have auto insurance.

California Assemblyman Gil Cedillo of Los Angeles, has attempted to pass several bills to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver license, but they were all vetoed, and now Governor Jerry Brown is also voicing his opinion against it.

California continues to be the state with the largest population of illegal immigrants in the United States.

Should undocumented immigrants be given a driver license? | KGET TV 17

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