Despite Connecticut’s vow to fight Trump, ICE has access to immigrant driver’s license data
By Barry Lytton Updated 6:47 pm, Saturday, March 4, 2017
Ingrid Vasquez of Danbury, a native of Guatemala, holds a sign in two languages at a "day without immigrants" rally at Danbury City Hall Thursday, February 16, 2017. Her son Alexander Hernandes, 7, is next to her. Photo: Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media / The News-Times
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Ingrid Vasquez of Danbury, a native of Guatemala, holds a sign in two languages at a "day without immigrants" rally at Danbury City Hall Thursday, February 16, 2017. Her son Alexander Hernandes, 7, is next to ... more
Despite Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s pledge to shield non-criminal undocumented residents from President Trump’s immigration crackdown, Connecticut has a wide-ranging agreement with the federal government that gives ICE access to state data including Department of Motor Vehicles records.
That data includes names and home addresses of nearly 28,000 mostly undocumented immigrants who signed up for the state’s “drive-only” licenses, and potentially another 26,000 who have applied for them.
The Malloy administration says that federal privacy laws restrict the federal government’s ability to use that data as part of Trump’s crackdown. But an executive order Trump signed after taking office says that federal privacy laws don’t apply to undocumented immigrants.
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