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State budget includes new licensing program for illegal immigrants

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Immigrants rightsgroups are congratulatingDemocratic state legislators for passing a provision that allows undocumented state residents to obtain driver’s cards allowing them to drive legally in the state. But conservative legislators call it a bizarrenew program that the state can’t afford. Gil Halsted reports…

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