{"id":1963207,"date":"2023-07-03T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-gov-signs-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-obtain-drivers-licenses\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T16:25:23","slug":"illinois-gov-signs-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-obtain-drivers-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-gov-signs-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-obtain-drivers-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Governor approves bill granting driver&#8217;s licenses to undocumented immigrants."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-gov-signs-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-obtain-drivers-licenses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Illinois Governor Signs Bill Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain Driver&#8217;s Licenses<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2023\/06\/30\/illinois-make-standard-driver-s-licenses-available-noncitizens-regardless-immigration\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">signed<\/span><\/a> a bill into law on Friday that will allow illegal immigrants to acquire standard driver\u2019s licenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Bill 3882, which will go into effect on July 1, 2024, will allow illegal immigrants to use driver\u2019s licenses as official identification documents but do not qualify for Real ID travel purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis legislation is a significant step in eliminating the barriers to opportunity that many undocumented immigrants face,\u201d said Pritzker. \u201cWe\u2019re ensuring every eligible individual can obtain a driver\u2019s license, making our roads safer, decreasing stigma, and creating more equitable systems for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cProviding access to a standard Illinois Driver\u2019s License for our undocumented immigrants is about breaking down barriers that lead to discrimination,\u201d said Democratic Lt. Governor Julia Stratton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, illegal immigrants in the state can obtain a Temporary Visitor Driver\u2019s License, which bears the acronym \u201cTVDL\u201d at the top.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTVDLs have become the \u2018Scarlet Letter\u2019 of an individual\u2019s immigration status and sadly exposes them to discrimination or immigration enforcement,\u201d said Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis legislation allows immigrants to obtain standard driver licenses that will serve as authentic identification in Illinois.\u201d He added that the policy would <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201chelp prevent the stigma, instances of discrimination, and problems that TVDLs have been known to cause.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/data\/unauthorized-immigrant-population\/state\/IL\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">425,000 illegal immigrants<\/span><\/a> living in Illinois, according to some estimates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Controversial Legislation and Challenges in Chicago<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State lawmakers recently passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/billstatus.asp?DocNum=3751&#038;GAID=17&#038;GA=103&#038;DocTypeID=HB&#038;LegID=149009&#038;SessionID=112\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HB 3751,<\/span><\/a> legislation that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/illinois-legislation-would-allow-non-u-s-citizens-to-become-police-officers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">allow<\/span><\/a> DACA recipients who are eligible to work to become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a>. The bill, which Gov. Pritzker has not yet signed, would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">violate federal law<\/a>, which states that only American citizens can become law enforcement officers. The legislature seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/article_6b6d22ae-f5cb-11ed-bb82-0bb29a8c1b0b.html\">justified<\/a> this conflict by predicting that DACA recipients would eventually become citizens.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago has struggled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-busts-illegal-immigrant-smugglers-in-fake-fedex-vans\/\" title=\"Border Patrol catches smugglers using counterfeit FedEx vans\">accommodate foreign nationals<\/a> and asylum seekers who have unlawfully crossed the border. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-gov-signs-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-obtain-drivers-licenses\/\" title=\"Illinois Governor approves bill granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.\">city recently passed<\/a> a controversial measure to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sues-30-new-york-counties-for-refusing-to-accept-foreign-nationals\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$51 million<\/span><\/a> in funding to provide housing for the roughly 10,000 foreign nationals who have arrived in the Windy City over the past year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill permitting illegal immigrants to obtain driver&#8217;s licenses. 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