-- USA A PUERTO RICO STATE OF USA IN CARIBBEAN BECAME FIRST STATE TO ALLOW IMMIGRANTS LIVING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN TEMPORARY DRIVER LICENSE ONLY CONDITION STAY OF ONE YEAR AND COPY OF PASSPORT OR EMBASSY LETTER FOR ID PROOF AND LICENSE IS VALID FOR THREE YEARS BUT IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE AND LICENSE DOES NOT SPEAK HOLDER IS ILLEGAL AND WILL BENEFITS 150,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Wednesday, August 7, 2013 09:29 PM Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla on Wednesday signed legislation that allows immigrants living in the U.S. territory illegally to obtain a temporary driver’s license. “This law is a measure of justice for our immigrant brothers as well as a guarantee of better safety for all drivers on our roadways,” the governor said. “Our commitment is to eliminate all types of discrimination and steer a just government that promotes equality through its actions.” The law will go into effect one year after its enactment. García Padilla signed the legislation during a festive ceremony in the heavily Dominican Barrio Obrero neighborhood in the Santurce sector of the capital city San Juan. The measure was already being celebrated by an estimated more than 150,000 immigrants from the Dominican Republic who live in Puerto Rico, along with thousands of other migrants from the Caribbean, including Haitians. José Rodríguez, president of the Dominican Committee for Human Rights, has said he will take steps to to ensure that police would not randomly ask for provisional licenses to persecute migrants. The license would be issued only to those who have lived in Puerto Rico for a year and have either a passport or an embassy-issued document proving their identity. They would still have to pass the standard driving and traffic-rules tests. Migrants who receive a provisional driver’s license would have to renew it every three years, compared with six years for a regular license. The provisional license also would feature a different design and state that it cannot be used as a form of identification or for any other purpose. The license would not say specifically that its holder is living illegally on the island.
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