In just several days, an online petition has gathered more than 16,000 signatures of those who oppose issuing NJ drivers licenses to immigrants here illegally.
A planned week-long vigil officially kicked off at State House on Monday as activists held a small rally urging lawmakers to approve legislation that would give driver's licenses to immigrants living in NJ illegally.
Some government officials are once again trying to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, with Ray Lesniak attempting to model New Jersey after California. Not everyone supports giving non-citizens a government-issued I.D. though.
A south Jersey lawmaker wants the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to give you a break on your license photo if a traumatic illness has altered your appearance — as was the case for a Neptune cancer patient barred from using her old photo.