Unauthorized immigrants may now apply for Minnesota driver's licenses without proof of legal residency
The Driver's License for All law took effect Oct. 1.
By Alfonzo Galvan and Hibah Ansari, Sahan Journal OCTOBER 8, 2023 — 7:00AM
Keren Muñoz waited seven years to get a driver's license in Minnesota, admitting that like other unauthorized immigrants, she had been driving "a la buena de Dios" — at God's will — in the meantime.
The 27-year-old from Mexico was among two dozen people who took a written driver's test last Sunday in Eagan as part of a soft launch for the Driver's License For All law, according to Comunidades Organizando el Poder y Acción Latina (Communities Organizing Latino Power and Action) or COPAL, a Latino advocacy group. Muñoz was one of two in the group who passed the written knowledge exam.
"I feel very happy," Muñoz said. "I am excited to know the magnitude of this. We did it the first day the law was approved."
https://www.startribune.com/unauthorized-immigrants-may-apply-for-minnesota-drivers-licenses-without-proof-of-legal-residency/600310671/
