Report: 85,000 temporary driver’s licenses issued to Illinois’ undocumented immigrants

*10 states, and the District of Columbia, offer drivers licenses to undocumented residents. VL

By Fox News Latino

More than 85,000 undocumented immigrants living in Illinois have driver’s licenses under a new state program.

The tally comes after the first full year that the program – which allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a license that is good for up to three years – has been in place in Illinois, the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises reported.

Illinois Secretary of State spokesman Henry Haupt says nearly 190,000 people have scheduled appointments since the program began in late 2013.

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