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DPS forays into immigration enforcement sacrifice public safety

I'm a little late to the game in mentioning it (despite prodding from a couple of readers), but the Department of Public Safety retracted its request to the Texas Attorney General (discussed on Grits here) for permission to launch a program of roadblocks without legislative approval to check drivers' licenses and liability insurance. Kudos to Rep. Ruth McLendon and Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa for holding the agency's feet to the fire and pressuring them to withdraw the request.Meanwhile, even though the Texas Legislature declined in 2007 to authorize changes to comply with the federal REAL ID program, DPS is plowing ahead with REAL-ID spawned plans to issue special drivers licenses for immigrants (with a vertical instead of horizontal format)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 22, 2008 (boomark / email).