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Michigan Governor Signs Bill Letting Legal Immigrants Get Driver Licenses

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Governor Granholm signed a new law today that allows legal immigrants who temporarily reside in Michigan to resume getting driver licenses.

At this point, it's unknown how soon the necessary rules can be written and adopted so the Secretary of State's office can resume issuing licenses to legal immigrants who aren't permanent residents in Michigan.

Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land had changed the State's former policy in late January and began to deny the licenses, based on her analysis of a legal opinion by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox.

Businesses and some educational institutions, particularly universities, had been unhappy about the Secretary of State's new policy because it had denied driver licenses to some of their workers and students even though they were in Michigan legally.

Full post as published by Michigan Business Lawyer Blog on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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