He said the difference under the new law would be that those driver's are properly trained. 'The truth of the matter is people are driving back-and-forth from work to home,' Werner Oyanadel, executive director of the Connecticut's Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, said in 2014, as the state opened license applications to undocumented immigrants. 'Someone who is in our country illegally and has violated our laws should not possess a government-issued ID which allows them access to state-funded services and other privileges afforded to lawful residents,” DeSantis said in a statement.Īdvocates have long argued that providing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants increases public safety. Ron DeSantis that went into effect on July 1. The crackdown on out-of-state licenses is part of larger immigration legislation signed by Florida Gov. Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.
