US EditionCalifornia Preparing to Share Data on Immigrant Drivers Nationally
- California plans to share driver license data with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators to comply with the federal Real ID Act, ensuring state IDs meet airport security requirements.
- State authorities are pursuing this integration to avoid federal refusal of California IDs at airports, though advocates argue the plan violates a decade-old promise made under Assembly Bill 60 to protect unauthorized immigrants' personal data.
- The California DMV is requesting $55 million to transfer data into the American Association's State-to-State Verification system, putting more than 1 million residents with Assembly Bill 60 licenses at increased deportation risk.
- Tracy Rosenberg, director of Oakland Privacy advocacy, called the plan a "direct betrayal" of previous commitments and suggested the state opt out of Real ID since more than 60 percent of Californians already possess passports.
- Becca Cramer-Mowder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation questioned the urgency of compliance amid pressure from the Trump administration, while lawmakers evaluate how to defend Californians while maintaining federal identification standards.
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California to share data on immigrant drivers nationally
California plans to share detailed information about more than 1 million undocumented immigrant driver's license holders with a national database, breaking a decade-old promise to keep the data confidential.
Cal Matters
‘A betrayal:’ California to share data on immigrant drivers nationally
California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver license holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S. That breaks a promise the state made a decade ago when it began issuing licenses to unauthorized immigrants, advocates say, and it means more than 1 million people may face higher risk of deportation. But if state officials don’t turn over the data, the Depar…
California DMV Data Sharing Plan Could Expose One Million Undocumented Immigrants
California is preparing to share detailed information about more than one million illegal immigrants who hold driver’s licenses under Assembly Bill 60 with a national database, a move immigration advocates are describing as a direct betrayal of the promises made when the program was created more than a decade ago. The disclosure came after representatives from four privacy and immigration advocacy groups were briefed by the California Department…
Despite promising otherwise, the state of California is preparing to share information from migrant drivers who have processed their state driver’s license, including foreign nationals with irregular immigration status, with an outside organization, CalMatters reported. According to the non-profit journalistic organization, California authorities agreed to share data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because the federal government t…
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