"Lawmaker wants driving privileges for illegal immigrants repealed

Utah is one of a handful of states that allows people who are in the U.S. illegally to operate motor vehicles

Patrick Parkinson, Of the Record staff

Posted: 01/30/2009 04:21:53 PM MST

A state representative from Utah County has proposed legislation that would repeal all existing driving privilege cards for illegal immigrants, Dec. 31.

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Republican Summit County Councilman David Ure was instrumental in the creation of the cards while he served Park City as a state representative.

"So if we repeal them what we're going to do is we're going to make all these people drive illegally," Ure said when reached Friday. "They're not going to have insurance, so therefore when they hit somebody on the road they're just going to take off and run."

The cards have cut the number of uninsured drivers on Utah roads, he claimed.

"It has been a way of tracking criminals, and the amount of uninsured motorists on the road has decreased by about 70 percent," Ure said.

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