(Reuters) - Colorado became the eighth U.S. state to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants under a measure signed into law on Wednesday by Governor John Hickenlooper.
Under the bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature last month with no Republican support, applicants must show they live in Colorado, have filed a state income tax return and provide proof of their identity from their home country.
The bill's sponsor, Democratic state Senator Jessie Ulibarri, said the measure had the support of the state's law enforcement community because it was a public safety issue.
"Our roads will be safer when we can properly identify everyone who drives on them," he said. "We estimate that thousands more Colorado drivers will get insured because of this law."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/06/us-usa-immigration-colorado-idUSBRE95503A20130606
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