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2 bills aimed at repealing immigrant license law clear House panel (SF New Mex)

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2 bills aimed at repealing immigrant license law clear House panel

Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:00 pm | Updated: 12:29 am, Fri Jan 30, 2015.

2 bills aimed at repealing immigrant license law clear House panel By Milan Simonich
The New Mexican SantaFeNewMexican.com | 2 comments

Republicans on the House Safety and Civil Affairs Committee flexed their newfound muscle Thursday night, advancing two bills to repeal the law allowing state residents without proof of immigration status to obtain a New Mexico driver’s license.

Both cleared the committee on 5-4 party-line votes. Democrats, the minority party in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1954, previously had been able to stop the repeal bill in committees they dominated.

Rep. Paul Pacheco, R-Albuquerque, is sponsoring one of the bills that moves forward. A similar repeal bill by another Albuquerque Republican, Rep. Bill Rehm, also received the committee’s endorsement after nearly seven hours of debate on both measures.

Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/bills-aimed-at-repealing-immigrant-license-law-clear-house-panel/article_873e4fef-998a-5b8e-82ac-318c6e8554b8.html