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updated 8/31/2012 11:22:22 AM ET
California OKs driver's licenses for some undocumented immigrants
By Mary Slosson
Reuters
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers have approved a bill to allow some young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to obtain driving licenses, in a move that could appeal to Hispanic voters in the heavily Democratic state.
The bill, which passed the state Assembly by a 55-15 vote late Thursday before being sent to the desk of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, was introduced following the announcement of a federal program to relax deportation rules and grant some young immigrants temporary legal status in the United States.
"It is a victory for those who were brought here through no fault of their own, played by the rules, and are only asking to be included in and contribute to American society," the bill's sponsor, Assembly member Gilbert Cedillo, said in a statement