Measure grants driving rights to undocumented immigrants

A plan to offer special cards that would allow undocumented immigrants a legal means to drive vehicles in the state survived the Assembly’s budget vote early Saturday.

The driver cards would be issued to people without proof of legal presence in the country, but would be used only for the purposes of driving and not as documentation to determine immigration status, according to the proposal. The proposal was approved by the joint finance committee in late May.