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Young Illegal Immigrants Poised to Get Licenses in California

The issue of granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants has raged in the Legislature for much of the past decade, without resolution, but fighting is largely moot now due to a new federal policy that gives a select group of undocumented immigrants the right to live and work in the United States for two years without fear of deportation.

The issue of granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants has raged in the Legislature for much of the past decade, without resolution, but fighting is largely moot now due to a new federal policy that gives a select group of undocumented immigrants the right to live and work in the United States for two years without fear of deportation.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.