Archived California DMV licensed 800,000 undocumented immigrants under 2-year-old law (mercurynews.com)
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Archived California DMV licensed 800,000 undocumented immigrants under 2-year-old law (mercurynews.com)
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[–] UnknownCitizen ago
Or you could be exhibiting selective stupidity by way of cognitive dissonance. Any particular reason you are using the snopes article, which you clearly do not trust as a source, as your only source? Have you stopped to ask how this is possible? Or maybe look at the facts and think critically about why California is doing what its doing? Or did you find enough information to satisfy your "I just read the headline" opinion?
First, the process for obtaining a drivers license requires proof of age. If the origin of birth/citizenship is other than U.S. then the registration will not be done.
Second, the state of California does not register people to vote. That is done at the county level. The state only maintains collective voter rolls for state and national elections.
Third, and to carry on the prior point, the process is only automated in the sense that it moves the paperwork along automatically. The DMV collects the information it needs for its purposes. That information happens to be some of the same needed for registering to vote. It passes that information to the individuals County Clerk. They handle voter verification. The county also maintains birth certificates and the lot which it uses to verify the voter. Even if somehow the DMV fudges up (which is why paying people shit is never a good idea, minimum wage=minimum effort and susceptibility to corruption) the county will find the records lacking and reach out to the individual for further documentation.
There isn't a way, assuming procedural integrity and accurate records, for a mistake to happen.
[–] WickedVocalist ago
It is because of the fact that it protects citizens in some ways believe it or not. It allows people who run businesses as non citizens while undergoing the citizenship process to conduct commerce without stealing an American Identity.