What was Davis' plan, anyway? Prior to 2003, he vetoed the AB60/SB60 (Cedillo) bills because they did not contain the security measures he wanted, although he still wanted to give licenses to illegal aliens. In 2003, Davis signed a #60 (Cedillo) bill that was even more lax, but it wasn't his "plan."
Simply the fact that he wanted to give identical ID to illegal aliens shows that he was more concerned about pandering to them (and possibly winning the "Hispanic Vote") than he was concerned about the regular citizens.
Per Jeb...
California law did not exclude applicants from the list of countries maintained by the U.S. Department of State as state sponsors of terrorism.
In addition, California did not require state and national criminal background checks, nor did it provide procedures in conjunction with foreign consulates to verify identity and criminal backgrounds with an applicants home country.