New Mexico drivers licenses becoming a global attraction

[primroselane]

"Attracted by a 2003 law, people from all over the world are traveling to New Mexico to obtain driver's licenses because the state doesn't require proof of citizenship or legal residency.

New Mexico residents have generally opposed the state's driver's license law, according to a recent Albuquerque Journal poll that found that 67 percent of residents are against it."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/7293018.html

Your career politicians always know best.

[JanS]

I'm confused. The article says the state doesn't require proof of residency, then goes on to this:


"Lui, 33, along with Hiew Fongyee, 31, and Lam Fong Siu, 44, were arrested at a state Motor Vehicle Division office in Albuquerque's south valley after they tried to obtain licenses using forged residency documents."

If you can get a license there without proof of residency, why were they showing forged residency documents?

[primroselane]

I would guess that while they do not have documents showing that they are legal residents in the United States, they do need documents showing that they reside in New Mexico.

Journalism is not so much a degree as it is a joke. Being able to communicate correctly and effectively is not required of either journalists or politicians.

[palani]

You are convicted based upon what you have AGREED to. A drivers license is evidence of your agreement.

Every document you sign limits your freedom in some manner. Rather than agreeing to everything that comes along maybe a better approach would be to refuse to go along.