Driver's Licenses for Immigrants essays In the United States, a driver's license now more than just a certificate that allows a person drive. A license is now used as the primary means of identification, one that allows a rightful holder to buy alcoholic beverages, cash checks, get welfare and other public assistance or obtain a permit to carry a firearm. Prior to the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, passengers only needed a boarding pass and a driver's license to board on an airplane. Growing security concerns, however, have highlighted the problem of granting driver's licenses and state identification cards to illegal aliens. Many of the terrorists involved in the World Trade Center attacks, for example, had valid driver's licenses (Sundeen). This paper examines the pros and cons of laws to grant driver's licenses to all immigrants, regardless of their immigration status.
