{"id":6563,"date":"2014-05-01T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=6563"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:02:26","slug":"can-you-spot-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/05\/01\/can-you-spot-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Spot the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, the District of Columbia<\/a> joins the 10 other states in the U.S. that grant driver\u2019s licenses and ID cards to illegal aliens. \u00a0Can you tell a difference between the licenses for citizens & legal immigrants and those issued as a \u201climited-purpose license<\/a>\u201d to illegal aliens?<\/p>\n

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At first glance, the two IDs look identical. But because of the addition of the \u201cNot Valid for Official Federal Purposes\u201d language in the upper-right corner, the licenses<\/a> are in compliance<\/a> with the REAL ID Act of 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those six words are important since they are intended to keep the person carrying it from using the ID to board an airplane or enter a federal building.<\/b><\/p>\n

If you were a security guard responsible for checking IDs, would you always notice that small disclaimer?<\/p>\n

With this version, the DC DMV<\/a> anticipates issuing between 16,000-19,000 \u201climited-purpose licenses\u201d to illegal aliens. However, final design was the result of a compromise after the Department of Homeland Security objected to the DC Council\u2019s desire to only use one license for everyone. The Washington Post reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is pretty much the best we could do,\u201d said Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3)\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cheh said she explored several options for the \u201cnot for federal purposes\u201d legend, including putting it on the back, but that was a nonstarter for the Homeland Security officials. \u201cWe tried to make it as benign as possible,\u201d she said. \u201cIt sounds like what we agreed to, they carried out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0The \u201climited-purpose license\u201d is also a twofer for pro-amnesty and open borders groups in DC.<\/strong> WAMU<\/b><\/a> reports that illegal aliens with these IDs are eligible for in-state tuition at the University of the District of Columbia, a taxpayer subsidy of $3,600 per student per semester!<\/b><\/p>\n

From WAMU:<\/p>\n

Roxana Olivas, the director of the D.C. Office of Latino Affairs, says that a significant benefit will be in access to higher education.<\/p>\n

“They’ll be able to use it, if you’re a student or you just graduated, to get what we call the DREAM Act, because you do need an ID to get into UDC,” she says, referring to the law that allows undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents to access benefits like in-state tuition at public universities.<\/p>\n