More than 300,000 people in Illinois currently have temporary visitor driver s licenses. Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to help those undocumented immigrants receive standard IDs.
lawmakers and advocates have seen many people discriminated against over the past decade because temporary visitor driver s licenses have a purple mark stating "Not Valid for Identification."
Amid staffing shortages in police departments across the country, a new bill in Illinois will clear the path for DACA recipients looking to become police officers. State Rep. Barbara Hernandez (D-Aurora)introduced the bill in the Illinois House of Representatives and said it has dual purposes. “My hope is to not only help DACA recipients but.