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Why is Massachusetts allowed to violate federal laws & issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens?

• BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Massachusetts is one of just five states that does not check whether someone applying for a driver's license is a legal resident despite a federal law requiring that verification be in place by January, a FOX Undercover investigation has found. "Massachusetts does not check legal status on drivers licenses the way most of the country does," said Janice Kephart with the Center for Immigration Studies. "So if they are not (checking), then yes, they become a magnet. Massachusetts becomes a magnet for illegal aliens." The immigration check is a requirement of the REAL ID Act, which was created at the recommendation of the 9-11 Commission, which investigated the terror attack. Kephart was a staff member of the commission. "We know that 9 of 26 of the hijackers got their licenses fraudulently. Therefore and then we looked across the board at the rest of the states and saw that all the states were not verifying identity. So we made recommendations that the federal government provide minimum standards across the board," she said. The REAL ID ACT took effect in 2004. It gives states until January 2013 to comply. Kephart surveyed states earlier this year to see where they stand. Her research found that Alaska, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Washington and Massachusetts are the only states not checking legal status of license applicants. "Massachusetts is not in sync with the rest of the states. Therefore, because they are falling out of sync, they're not verifying that people are who say they are, and that is where the fraud comes into the system," Kephart told FOX Undercover reporter Mike Beaudet. "How difficult would it be for Massachusetts to check the legal status of people applying for drivers licenses if the state wanted to do it?" Beaudet asked. "It's extremely easy. All they have to do, all Massachusetts has to do to cut out much of this fraud is to verify legal status. Is that hard to do anymore? Absolutely not. There's a federal database called SAVE that will provide all that information in seconds," Kephart replied. SAVE is short for Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements. It's run by the US Department of Homeland Security and allows access to more than 100 million immigration related records. Because Massachusetts is not getting that information now, Kephart says the state has become an attractive destination for illegal aliens. Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/mass-rmv-doesnt-check-immigration-status-45-other-states-do-20120405#ixzz1rE3vNe4D

• Answer:

  Vanessa, You answered your own question: "The REAL ID ACT took effect in 2004. It gives states until January 2013 to comply." -- The last time I checked it was only 2012. Come back in a year and ask the question.