Young undocumented immigrants will be able to receive California driver's licenses under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed on Sunday.Then they've got an ID to vote. Coincidence?
As many as 350,000 undocumented immigrants in California may be eligible for the Obama administration program, which waives the threat of deportation for two years for those who have no criminal record.
What's that got to do with illegal driver's licenses?
Young people would qualify if they are accepted by a federal program giving work permits to those who came to this country before they were 16 and are now 30 or younger.
A Brown front sman said that by issuing the driver's licenses, the state will merely be adhering to the new federal rules imposed by the White House.
"Gov. Brown believes the federal government should pursue comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship," Duran said.
Thereby getting around all that old-fashioned rigamarole and handily subverting the existing immigration laws.
"President Obama has