And is it possible that you went to school with the guy who came up with this quote:
The LAPD spokesman explained that undocumented individuals are driving anyway, so this would make them safer drivers, since "these unlicensed drivers most probably never took a vision test, have not proved they know the road rules/signs or how to operate a vehicle, and have never taken a driver's test. Think about it. This conditional permit will have a picture and a finger print on it so it might be easier to find them and deter them from running from a hit-and-run."
PS: Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the major effect of impounding for 30 days is to get what is likely to be a clunker permanently off the road. Damn few illegals will pony up the $1200 or so required after 30 days "storage" when they can buy another one for a couple of hundred as soon as the cops let them go.