There’s this:
Undocumented immigrants would be eligible to qualify for the lottery scholarship and all other state grant and financial aid programs for education, under a bill passed Tuesday in the Senate.
Sen. Cynthia Nava, D-Las Cruces, said removing the current prohibitions against undocumented immigrants is simply a matter of fairness.“Young people affected by this bill did not have a say in their decision to come to New Mexico, and this gives them the same opportunity as their classmates,” she said.
To qualify, a student must have graduated from a New Mexico high school or received their GED in the state.
And then there’s this:
Max says, if it becomes law, he will trade in his Utah driver license for a state-issued “driving privilege card” because he wants to follow the rules here – a place his family calls home.
Max, an illegal immigrant, is one of tens of thousands who will be stripped of their driver licenses and issued a different-looking card starting July 1, if Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signs Senate Bill 227, which passed the Legislature on Tuesday. The driving card, which will be issued to people who do not have a Social Security number, will read: “For driving privileges only – not for identification.”