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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 767397" data-attributes="member: 12952">Va. bars immigrants’ papers for driver’s licensesBy BOB LEWISAP Political WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A federal document that&nbsp; immigrants use to prove they are legal U.S. residents is not longer good&nbsp; enough to get a Virginia driver’s license.Gov. Bob McDonnell ordered the Department of Motor Vehicles to no&nbsp; longer consider Employment Authorization Documents evidence that a&nbsp; person is in the country legally. About 20 other federal documents will&nbsp; still be accepted.The governor acted after a 23-year-old Bolivian national with drunken&nbsp; driving convictions in 2007 and 2008 was involved in a crash that&nbsp; killed a nun and injured two others in her order in Prince William&nbsp; County. Police say Carlos Martinelly Montano was drunk at the time.Montano had used the form to get a Virginia license even though he faced deportation proceedings, authorities say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 767397, member: 12952"] [B]Va. bars immigrants’ papers for driver’s licenses By BOB LEWIS AP Political Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – [/B]A federal document that immigrants use to prove they are legal U.S. residents is not longer good enough to get a Virginia driver’s license. Gov. Bob McDonnell ordered the Department of Motor Vehicles to no longer consider Employment Authorization Documents evidence that a person is in the country legally. About 20 other federal documents will still be accepted. The governor acted after a 23-year-old Bolivian national with drunken driving convictions in 2007 and 2008 was involved in a crash that killed a nun and injured two others in her order in Prince William County. Police say Carlos Martinelly Montano was drunk at the time. Montano had used the form to get a Virginia license even though he faced deportation proceedings, authorities say. [/QUOTE]

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