South Carolina: Police status checks to become law

South Carolina: Police status checks to become law...The bill also will create a statewide illegal immigrant police force, operating under the state Department of Public Safety..In most cases, a valid S.C. driver’s license will be enough for individuals to prove they are in the country legally..a driver’s license would not be good enough for S.C. business owners who want to hire a new worker. Under the bill passed by the S.C. House Tuesday, business owners must run the name of all new employees through a federal database – called E-verify – to ensure they are in the country legally. If business owners fail to use the system or if they intentionally employ illegal workers, they could be shut down..the bill is headed to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk..The Republican governor will sign the proposal into law

http://www.thestate.com/2011/06/22/1868807/police-status-checks-to-become.html

New Mexico: Gov. Susana Martinez Alter rules on foreigner licenses...Martinez directs agency action on regulations

New Mexico: Gov. Susana Martinez Alter rules on foreigner licenses...Martinez directs agency action on regulations.. Martinez is directing state agencies to tighten regulations for granting driver's licenses to foreign nationals and illegal aliens. The governor said Wednesday the Taxation and Revenue Department and its Motor Vehicle Division will recommend changes in the documents that foreign nationals must submit as identification and proof that they are New Mexico residents. The governor also said the agencies will try to determine whether foreign nationals who previously received driver's licenses are residents of the state.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/politics/gov-alter-rules-on-foreigner-licenses

USCIS and Mississippi Implement New E-Verify Tool to Combat Fraud (Driver's Licenses)

USCIS and Mississippi Implement New E-Verify Tool to Combat Fraud (Driver's Licenses) Will improves Accuracy and Integrity of E-Verify by Validating Driver’s License Data.. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today launched Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE), a new feature which allows USCIS’s E-Verify program to validate the authenticity of Mississippi driver’s licenses used by employees as Form I-9 identity documents. “RIDE reflects our commitment to continually improving E-Verify,” said USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas. “This important enhancement strengthens E-Verify’s anti-fraud capabilities and will play a key role in helping employers in the U.S. maintain a legal workforce.”

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=304cadec01a80310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2dd6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD

TX: SB9 Sanctuary Cities Moves Out of Senate Committee

TX: SB9 Sanctuary Cities Moves Out of Senate Committee...Less than a week after Gov. Rick Perry added the measure to the special session agenda, the contentious “sanctuary cities” bill is one step closer to what lawmakers see as its inevitable passage...seeks to prevent cities, counties and other special districts from banning law enforcement from inquiring into the status of individuals lawfully detained or arrested. The bill would also expand the federal government’s Secure Communities program to include all detention facilities (it’s currently in use in every county jail) and codify stricter guidelines for legal residents applying for state issued driver’s licenses or IDs.

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/sanctuary-cities-moves-out-senate-committee/

South Carolina man says new photo ID law will prevent him from voting

South Carolina man says new photo ID law will prevent him from voting... Larry Butler told SC Progressive Network that South Carolina’s new voter photo ID law will prevent him from voting. The state won’t issue him a driver’s license because he can’t produce the necessary documentation. Butler does not have a birth certificate because he was not born in a hospital and the elementary school he attended burnt down many years ago so the required records are not available. Opponents argue that voter photo ID laws unfairly target minorities and the poor who are less likely to have photo identification.

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=240436

Tennessee Employers with 6 or more Employees are Required to Use E-Verify

Tennessee Employers with 6 or more Employees are Required to Use E-Verify..Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation that seeks to make sure Tennessee employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S. The measure is a weaker version of its original, which mandated all employers use the federal E-Verify program to prove their employees are legally in the country. The proposal the Republican governor signed into law on Tuesday exempts employers with five or fewer employees and allows them to keep a copy of the new hire’s driver’s license instead of using E-Verify.

http://oneoldvet.com/?p=29389

NM: Roosevelt County Commissioners oppose licenses, ID's for illegals

NM: Roosevelt County Commissioners oppose licenses, ID's for illegals...Approved a resolution supporting the discontinuation of issuing driver licenses and identification cards to illegal aliens. Commissioner..Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Malin Parker said illegal aliens getting driver licenses was a “huge safety issue.” The requirements for them to get a license are much less strict than for a citizen, he said, and violent criminals could easily get licenses under a false name with forged documents...law enforcement in neighboring states had started looking more closely at New Mexico driver licenses because they were issued to illegal aliens.

http://www.pntonline.com/news/commissioners-25622-county-roosevelt.html

NM: Driver's license fight to be renewed

NM: Driver's license fight to be renewed...Gov. Susana Martinez is renewing her battle to make NM the 49th state to prohibit illegal aliens from getting driver's licenses, setting the stage for a heated fight during a special legislative session later this year. Democrats in both New Mexico and Washington—the last two states to permit illegal aliens to get official driver's licenses—shot down bills aimed at tightening their rules earlier this year

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052702304563104576355672309458308-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwNTEwNDUyWj.html

TX: Senator Files Sanctuary Cities, Secure Communities Bill

TX: Senator Files Sanctuary Cities, Secure Communities Bill... Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, filed SB 9, a bill that includes the controversial “sanctuary cities” legislation and additional policies relating to statewide use of the Secure Communities program. The proposed legislation also outlines new specifications for applications for driver’s licenses and state IDs...SB 9 would eliminate state grants for entities that prohibit local law enforcement from inquiring into the immigration status of persons lawfully detained or arrested (commonly referred to as the “sanctuary cities” legislation). State Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, filed HB 9, the House special-session version of his “sanctuary cities" bill, HB 12

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/senator-files-sanctuary-cities-secure-communities-/

Dalton, GA: Hispanics say they are being targeted at police checkpoints

Dalton, GA: Hispanics say they are being targeted at police checkpoints...Of 32 traffic checkpoints conducted by Dalton police this year, most took place in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods or at entrances to the city's carpet factories where many Hispanics are employed, records show. The most frequent ticket issued at the checkpoints representing 22 percent of all tickets was for driving without a license, which can lead to deportation if the person is in the country illegally

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jun/02/roadblocks-raise-eyebrows/

Mississippi: Driver's data may be used to check workers' status with E-Verify (starting with Mississippi as a test)

Mississippi: Driver's data may be used to check workers' status with E-Verify (starting with Mississippi as a test)... The state of Mississippi may soon be sharing driver's license data with the federal government so employers can check whether they are hiring people allowed to work in the U.S. The Obama administration said in the May 9 Federal Register it wants to add driver's license data to E-Verify. The Mississippi data would be used as a test project, likely to start in June

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/26/3656854/drivers-data-may-be-used-to-check.html

CA: 2 charged in elaborate scheme to obtain valid CA driver's licenses for illegal aliens

CA: 2 charged in elaborate scheme to obtain valid CA driver's licenses for illegal aliens..Two individuals arraigned following their arrest in Los Angeles on criminal charges stemming from their role in an elaborate scheme involving illegal aliens from Asia who traveled to Kern County and used altered Canadian passports and legitimate Social Security numbers to obtain valid CA driver's licenses and state identification cards.

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1105/110519bakersfield.htm

New Mexico: Governor Susana Martinez: Immigrant licenses in special session

New Mexico: Governor Susana Martinez: Immigrant licenses in special session...Gov. Martinez plans to ask a special session of the Legislature to stop New Mexico from issuing driver's licenses to illegal aliens. The Republican governor said Monday she will put the politically charged issue on the agenda of a special session this fall when lawmakers are to consider redistricting plans.

http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_18076940

NV: Another DMV employee charged with selling licenses to illegal aliens

NV: Another DMV employee charged with selling licenses to illegal aliens...Nancy Brown, 28, was arrested last week and is facing federal bribery charges. Brown, who worked in a Las Vegas DMV office, allegedly sold 187 driver’s licenses to illegal aliens for between $1,700 and $3,000 each..fraudulent licenses were issued between June 10, 2010, and April 21, 2011..Nevada DMV officials are cancelling the licenses.

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/another-dmv-employee-charged-with-selling-licenses-to-illegal-aliens?CID=examiner_alerts_article

NY crackdown ensnares 46 bus drivers

NY crackdown ensnares 46 bus drivers... Nearly four dozen drivers of tour buses, New York City buses, taxis and other commercial vehicles are being charged with felonies for holding commercial licenses even though they had other licenses suspended under different names..Many of the individuals arrested today obtained multiple driver licenses in order to collect benefits, and even worse, to conceal violent criminal histories..several drivers had a long list of pending traffic tickets to which they never responded and now face aggravated unlicensed operation charges. Others were wanted under felony warrants or had been sought for deportation. Nineteen drove taxis

http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/article_828d98f7-743a-5799-90fe-2e3eb1c3b140.html

Nevada DMV employee charged with bribery following ICE probe

Nevada DMV employee charged with bribery following ICE probe...An employee with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has been charged with bribery for accepting thousands of dollars to provide driver's licenses to illegal aliens who were not entitled to them following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Nevada DMV.

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1105/110509lasvegas.htm

Connecticut will move on "Real ID" license program this fall

Connecticut will move on "Real ID" license program this fall...This fall state drivers will need to go through a new system for renewing and obtaining licenses that will require a variety of identification to obtain a new photo ID to flash as they enter airports, courthouses and other federal buildings. The program, called CT Select ID, would start Oct. 3, and has been recognized as compliant with the security guidelines of the federal Real ID Act.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/default/article/Connecticut-will-move-on-Real-ID-license-1370614.php#page-1

Alabama: 'English only' case won't be reheard by Alabama Supreme Court

Alabama: 'English only' case won't be reheard by Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its decision that allowed the state to keep giving driver's license exams in multiple languages..Attorneys representing several Alabama citizens, including Republican state Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale, sued state officials in 2008. They contended the use of multiple languages violates Alabama's Constitution, which says English is the official language.The plaintiffs lost in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Then they appealed to the state Supreme Court, which ruled in March that the lower court decision would stand.

http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/05/english_only_case_wont_be_rehe.html

Alabama tornadoes: State agencies to issue temporary driver licenses, IDs

Alabama tornadoes: State agencies to issue temporary driver licenses, IDs (I hope this is monitored very closely!) Only those individuals from areas hit by tornadoes will be eligible to receive duplicate or renewed driver licenses or ID cards. All others will be turned away. To obtain temporary card, storm victims should bring at least one form of identification - preferably a birth certificate and/or Social Security card if at all possible.

http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2011/05/alabama_tornadoes_state_agenci.html

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Three DMV employees accused of taking payoffs for driver's licenses

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Three DMV employees accused of taking payoffs for driver's licenses...Up to 100 people may have used fake papers to get licenses.. three women — who worked in different offices in Broward County — appeared Monday morning in federal court after their indictments last week for allegedly processing the license applications. Each is accused of accepting payoffs of up to $500 per driver's license arranged by Rolin Pierre, a convicted felon who is accused of putting together the phony immigration documents. Pierre as well as 14 people who received the fake driver's licenses also have been criminally charged.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-dmv-arrest-fraud-20110502,0,5444211.story