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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A new North Carolina driver's license set to be issued to some illegal immigrants has a bright pink stripe and the bold words "NO LAWFUL STATUS," raising concerns about whether the design will brand those who show it.
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles announced last week they would begin issuing the licenses March 25 following a lengthy legal review. The Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants valid federal work permits to qualified applicants brought to the U.S. as children without legal authorization.
Some Republican lawmakers in the state have balked at the idea, filing a bill Thursday to bar the DMV from granting the licenses until at least June.
Cinthia Marroquin, a 22-year-old Raleigh resident awaiting approval for a DACA permit, said the longer the license issue is delayed, the longer it will take for her to get a job and drive herself to work. Even if she is able to get one, she is worried about presenting a license declaring she has "NO LAWFUL STATUS" at a police roadblock or while writing a check at the grocery store.
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http://news.yahoo.com/pink-stripe-nc-illegal-immigrant-licenses-eyed-204800831.html
More stupid and hateful coming out of that 'liberal' southern state, North Carolina. Assholes.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)muse03
(24 posts)If they have bee approved for DACA, then they have been granted a work permit and a valid SSN for work..granted they don't have a green card or US Citizenship but they are being allowed to LAWFULLY work in the U.S.
How is that not lawful status?
But hey at least it's better than pink triangles and yellow stars
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)... to INS? In other words, how would the state even know?
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Before the edit was before I had coffee...
reformist2
(9,841 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)and make it much easier to identify her as a non-citizen.
The old rich white man's party is very concerned about the increase in minority voting, yes indeed.