Washingtontimes.com
Despite legislation passed by the General Assembly earlier this year making it possible for Virginians to stop identity fraud, foreign nationals living in Virginia can renew their drivers' licenses without proving they are legal U.S. residents. "There is nothing in Virginia law that requires us [to ask] for that," Karen Rubey, director of driver services for the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), told The Washington Times earlier this month.
Seven of the 19 terrorists who hijacked planes and killed roughly 3,000 Americans on September 11 had Virginia identification cards, even though they were not residents of the Old Dominion. Given this troubling reality, Laurie Manel, a Canadian resident of Northern Virginia, was appalled when she went recently to a DMV branch to renew her husband's license and was not asked to present identification — even though she had brought her permanent-residency card, a Social Security card and a card proving that she was the wife of a U.S. soldier.
Posted by Suzanne at December 27, 2002