Celebs Backing Immigrant Driver's Licenses
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A bevy of bold-faced celebrities is backing a bill to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. More than 30 actors, writers and musicians &#151; including Diane Keaton, Carlos Santana and "Million Dollar Baby" writer Paul Haggis &#151; took out an ad Monday in the trade paper Variety urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to approve the bill, claiming it would make roads safer and that driving is a civil right.
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Minnesota will soon begin issuing new driver&#39;s licenses that contain high-tech features to curb counterfeiting, as well as a &quot;status check&quot; that will show a driver&#39;s immigration status.
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Iris, fingers, head, shoulders, knees and toes The UK, Europe and the US are planning to belt and brace their border databases by using multiple forms of biometrics to identify people.â¦
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The Republican Party embraces immigrants pursuing the American dream, Austrian-born actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger told the Republican National Convention on Tuesday in a speech peppered with quips from his movie-star past.
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If a prescription needs to be filled in Hollywood, chances are celebrities can find a doctor to do it. Doctors have a long history of feeding the drug demands of the entertainment industry from Marilyn Monroe to Winona Ryder, Elvis Presley to Courtney Love.
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A federal law that requires people to supply their Social Security number when applying for a marriage license has forced thousands of couples around the country, particularly illegal immigrants, to put their wedding plans on hold.
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You're in the back of a taxi cab or walking down the street when you catch sight of a green-leather passport. Maybe you're a good citizen. Maybe you're in it for the cash reward. Either way, New York shop Cossette Post is betting you'll open it and find yourself looking at an ad for Carlsberg beer.
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A new Bush administration plan to create national standards for driver's licenses drew heavy criticism yesterday from civil liberties groups, some Republican and Democratic lawmakers, governors, and the travel industry.
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Not compulsion - sign here to end the pain... "Various forms of coercion" could be used to accelerate the rollout of ID cards, the idea being that ID cards will remain 'voluntary' for as long as possible, while not having an ID card will become more and more uncomfortable. This, precisely what the government has intended to do all along, is stated baldly in an Identity &amp; Passport Service leak cited by the Sunday People.â¦
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; A bill aimed at blocking states from issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants appeared headed for passage today in the House of Representatives, aided by a strong endorsement from the White House and broad support within the Republican majority.
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NEW YORK -- New York state may suspend driver&#39;s licenses for up to 300,000 people, including many undocumented immigrants, because their Social Security numbers could not be verified, a top New York state official said Thursday.
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Richard A. Clarke, who served as a White House counterterrorism czar, endorsed the plan to grant illegal immigrants licenses.
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The Tories are to back controversial government plans to introduce ID cards in the UK, the party has said.
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State lawmakers approved a measure late Monday that would force a million people receiving state or federal aid to verify their citizenship, part of a package of bills dealing with illegal immigration that Democrats called the toughest in the nation.
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Â· Increase to fund consular service, says Foreign Office Â· Bill is underwriting cost of ID cards, say opponents
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In the last debate before Super Tuesday, Clinton and Obama had their most pointed exchange over whether illegal immigrants should be able to obtain driver's licenses
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Celebrities in Spain are to kick off a government campaign to publicise the EU's proposed constitution.