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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 866986" data-attributes="member: 12952">Editorial: More Faults Exposed In Immigrant LicensesBy Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board The more that is known about the state’s practice of providing easy&nbsp; access to New Mexico driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, the worse&nbsp; it looks.In mid-July, the Motor Vehicle Division sent letters to a sampling of&nbsp; 10,000 of the 85,000 foreign nationals who have obtained New Mexico&nbsp; driver’s licenses since 2003. They were asked to make an appointment and&nbsp; report to an office in Albuquerque with papers verifying residency in&nbsp; the state.This was done after the discovery, accompanied by several arrests,&nbsp; that New Mexico had become a mecca for illegal immigrants of many&nbsp; nationalities across the country who were paying good money for a quick&nbsp; trip to Albuquerque and the false documents that allowed them to get a&nbsp; driver’s license here. With a driver’s license come many privileges,&nbsp; including the ability to board an airplane.After immigrant rights groups complained that illegal immigrants who&nbsp; lived south of Border Patrol checkpoints like the one outside of Truth&nbsp; or Consequences would be afraid to come north with their papers, an&nbsp; office was opened in Las Cruces. Even with that accommodation, here are&nbsp; the results so far:♦ Just 1,449 appointments had been scheduled (only 36 in Las Cruces), and 828 had taken place by last week.♦ 402 people provided acceptable documents and their licenses were certified.♦ 80 people provided documents that appeared suspicious. The papers&nbsp; were sent to the state Tax Fraud Investigations Division for further&nbsp; examination.So what happened to the other 8,551 letters for which there has been no response?We do know about 2,812 of them: They were, in Elvis Presley’s words, returned to sender, address unknown.Scrawled across envelopes were messages like:“Not at this address. Never!”“Please do not send mail to this address, this person has never lived here.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 866986, member: 12952"] [B]Editorial: More Faults Exposed In Immigrant Licenses By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board [/B] The more that is known about the state’s practice of providing easy access to New Mexico driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, the worse it looks. In mid-July, the Motor Vehicle Division sent letters to a sampling of 10,000 of the 85,000 foreign nationals who have obtained New Mexico driver’s licenses since 2003. They were asked to make an appointment and report to an office in Albuquerque with papers verifying residency in the state. This was done after the discovery, accompanied by several arrests, that New Mexico had become a mecca for illegal immigrants of many nationalities across the country who were paying good money for a quick trip to Albuquerque and the false documents that allowed them to get a driver’s license here. With a driver’s license come many privileges, including the ability to board an airplane. After immigrant rights groups complained that illegal immigrants who lived south of Border Patrol checkpoints like the one outside of Truth or Consequences would be afraid to come north with their papers, an office was opened in Las Cruces. Even with that accommodation, here are the results so far: ♦ Just 1,449 appointments had been scheduled (only 36 in Las Cruces), and 828 had taken place by last week. ♦ 402 people provided acceptable documents and their licenses were certified. ♦ 80 people provided documents that appeared suspicious. The papers were sent to the state Tax Fraud Investigations Division for further examination. So what happened to the other 8,551 letters for which there has been no response? We do know about 2,812 of them: They were, in Elvis Presley’s words, returned to sender, address unknown. Scrawled across envelopes were messages like: “Not at this address. Never!” “Please do not send mail to this address, this person has never lived here.” [/QUOTE]

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