AZMEX I3 30-1-18

AZMEX I3 30 JAN 2018


Lawsuit targets New Mexico's two-tier identification system
The Associated Press
January 29, 2018 05:26 PM

http://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/lawsuit-targets-new-mexicos-two-tier-identification-system/4763072/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico is being accused of illegally denying driver's authorization cards to some residents
after the state adopted a new system in 2016 to meet federal REAL ID Act requirements.

Civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday in state district court in Santa Fe.

Under the state's two-tiered system, the Motor Vehicle Division issues two kinds of identification.
One is a driver's license that meets tougher federal security rules
and the other is the authorization card geared toward people who don't have the identity documents needed for a new license,
including immigrants in the country illegally.

Lawsuit targets New Mexico's two-tier identification system
The groups claim the state has failed to fully and correctly implement the driver's license law
and that requiring unnecessary documentation for the driver's authorization card is causing confusion.

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