AN ALBUQUERQUE STATE REP SAYS HE’LL INTRODUCE A BILL AT THE COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO FIX NEW MEXICO’S DRIVER’S LICENSE PROBLEMS. THE U-S HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT RECENTLY DENIED GIVING NEW MEXICO ANOTHER EXTENSION FROM FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE REAL I-D ACT, MEANING THE LICENSES COULDN’T BE USED TO GET INTO FEDERAL FACILITIES OR ON PLANES.
PACHECO SAYS HE’LL MODEL HIS MEASURE AFTER UTAH’S LICENSE LAW THAT WOULD GIVE IMMIGRANTS SUSPECTED OF BEING IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY A DRIVING PRIVILEGE CARD.
