BOSTON – On Tuesday, July 26, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a legislative amendment ensuring that illegal immigrants will not be able to receive a driver's license in the Bay State.
Massachusetts law does not currently allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Last month, lawmakers attached a policy rider to the state budget intended to bring the state into compliance with new federal secure identification standards, raising concerns that the legislature had created a loophole for illegal immigrants to obtain licenses that were previously off-limits to them.