Posted on 06/26/2002 8:13:51 AM PDT by chance33_98
Changes on the way for immigrant driver's licenses
Tuesday, 06/25/02
(St Paul-AP) - - The head of Minnesota's Department of Public Safety expects to move ahead quickly with cahnges to immigrant driver's licenses. That's following an administrative law judges ruling.
Chief Judge Kenneth Nickolai's ruling appears to give Public Safety Commissioner Charlie Weaver permission to note on Minnesota licenses when an immigrant's visa will expire.
Weaver praises the ruling as a significant step against the threat of terrorism and he intends to implement it in about two weeks. Weaver has been seeking tighter requirements for licenses issued to foreigners, but the Legislature failed to approve the change.
Under current law, driver's licenses are good for four years, even though an immigrant's visa might expire within days.
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