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Debate over immigrant driver’s license in N.M. intensifies

Governor says law is making state a magnet

Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration told lawmakers yesterday that New Mexico has become a magnet for illegal immigrants coming from other states to obtain a driver’s license and officials urged repeal of the license law. State law enforcement officials told a legislative committee that the New Mexico licensing law poses a security risk to the state and rest of the country.

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