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• Debate: Drivers licenses for Illegal immigrants in the US

Illegal immigrants are unlikely to reveal their identity and risk deportation

• "Rewards for Illegal Aliens – Driver’s Licenses". USA Education and Research Foundation - "Myth 2: Law enforcement officials will be better able to track illegal aliens if they are licensed, since their personal data will be entered into driver’s license databases.

illegal aliens would not apply for licenses – and certainly would not provide their real names or addresses – if they knew the data would be used to track them."

General evidence that illegal immigrants fear deportation

• "Hispanics feeling hurt by immigration debate, many are living with anxiety and fear, survey finds." Houston Chronicle. Dec. 13, 2007 - "More than half of Hispanic adults in the U.S. worry they or someone close to them could face deportation, reflecting a growing anxiety over expanded enforcement efforts, according to a new nationwide survey by the Pew Hispanic Center.

Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed said the debate over immigration reform and Congress' failure to pass legislation have made life more difficult for Hispanics.

'Our findings suggest Hispanics in this country are feeling vulnerable in the current political and policy environment,' said Paul Taylor, acting director of the Pew Hispanic Center, which released the report Thursday. 'They are feeling a range of negative effects from the increased public attention and the stepped up enforcement measures that have accompanied the growing national debate over illegal immigration.'"