Since 2015, California has issued about 800,000 licenses to drivers who lack proof of legal residence. In Illinois, more than 212,000 people have received what are known as temporary visitor driver's licenses. Connecticut has approved around 26,600 drive only licenses for undocumented immigrants, and nine more states plus the District of Columbia
Could Programs To Help Undocumented Immigrants Gain Driver’s Licenses Backfire?
Advocates fear that programs in a dozen states might be used by a Trump administration to bolster deportations aims.