New York Green-Light Law Creates Serious and Unprecedented Hurdles for Immigration Enforcement
By Eric Kirkwood on November 25, 2019
Executive Summary
New York State has followed the lead of several other states to diminish the amount of documentary evidence needed to secure a driver's license in that state. On June 17, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed the Driver's License Access and Privacy Act, commonly known as the "Green-Light law".1
Ostensibly, the N.Y. Green-Light law provides a way for certain residents of New York, primarily illegal aliens, to obtain valid N.Y. driver's licenses. This report will detail how this access to valid identification will shield illegal aliens from detection. In addition, this report will focus on the public safety danger this law presents, as it will be used by criminals to obtain valid documents for fictitious identities and for other forms of identity theft.
The vast majority of these new driver's licenses will be based on a document issued by any number of foreign governments. The information in this document, the consular identification document (CID or consular ID), cannot be verified by any U.S. entity.
https://cis.org/Report/New-York-GreenLight-Law-Creates-Serious-and-Unprecedented-Hurdles-Immigration-Enforcement
